[BlindMath] Transitioning from Completely Visual Math to Less Visual Math

[Łukasz Grabowski]

I don't know about Braille displays; as for other issues: generally
mathematical notation can't be read by a screen reader from a pdf file
(there is not enough information embedded in the pdf - basically just
the symbols and their visual placement)

If you have access to latex source then producing mathml is reasonably
easy, provided that the source is "well structured".

Best,
Łukasz


On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:01:14 -0400
Nicholas J via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thank you for the email about the textbooks Łukasz. Many of the
> braille displays I have seen only show one line of a book or text.
> Are there any that show multiple lines? If the textbook is a pdf,
> will the screen reader be able to read the math notation? If the math
> notation is not in mathml, is it easy to make it in mathml?
> 
> Thank you,
> Nicholas
> 
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Nicholas J <314nick15 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I’m considering doing a Master’s in statistics, but I do not want
> > to go back to the technology that I used before. I used a cctv to
> > view the board and zoomtext as a screen magnifier. All the cctvs I
> > have used have still left me not able to see what was happening in
> > most of my classes before and zoomtext made things slower for me
> > because of so much magnification. Right now I am transitioning to
> > using Jaws for the computer, but I am not sure what to do for
> > things like the boards in classes, writing, and things like that. I
> > don’t write notes because I am slow at it since I have to write big
> > and I usually still can’t understand what I wrote because of how
> > quickly I wrote it and how unreadable it is. I have been looking at
> > doing things in braille, but am not sure if that is the best way to
> > go. I thought it might take a lot of time also to learn it. I still
> > think it may be helpful in some situations (maybe graphics which I
> > could almost never discern correctly the more complicated they
> > got). I have been reading through all the posts here about latex
> > and having Jaws read them and other kinds of technologies, but I am
> > not sure what kinds of technology are best for the transition of
> > doing everything visually to doing things less visually. My vision
> > has always stayed the same, but the field I am working in is
> > statistics and it gets very small and specific for notation and
> > everything. Main Question: What technology and how can I do math
> > more electronically and less visually? I am learning Jaws, braille,
> > and Kurzweil.
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Nicholas
> >  
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