[BlindMath] College math questions

[Bill Dengler]

Sabra,
I suppose if you’re just writing for yourself, you can use whichever notation you feel comfortable with, even a personal/Invented code.
Otherwise, no, Sabra, it’s not “counterproductive” to learn a markup language that can easily be converted to a readable format, such as a printed PDF or MathML document, for others (particularly sighted people) to look at.

Bill
> On 6 Jul 2018, at 04:00, Sabra Ewing via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> If you have a braille note touch, it can do math. Unless you are looking into doing math full time, it would be counterproductive to learn markup languages. You can just write your math in a word document. If you are going to be doing math full-time and you want to be heavily invested in making it look visually appealing, then yes, learn a markup language. You can do a lot with XL as well.
> 
> Sabra Ewing
> 
>> On Jul 5, 2018, at 8:38 PM, Carlos Garcia via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> My name is Carlos, and I will be starting to study math in college this
>> fall. Up until this point, I have used the standard braille writer  and
>> paper to do math. As I won't have access to a transcriber like I did in
>> High school, I'd like to begin using more computer-based resources. I use A
>> PC with NVDA as my screen reader. I am at the moment attempting to learn
>> LaTex, although I don't know where to begin in terms of programs to
>> download or tutorials to follow. Could any of you offer any guidance on
>> where to begin?
>> Besides that, are there any other resources I should look into?
>> Thanks in advanced,
>> Carlos
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