[BlindMath] College math questions

[Sarah Jevnikar]

Hi Carlos,
LaTeX might be your best bet then. Depending on your instructor, you may be
able to just send them your source documents and skip the
conversion-to-pretty-output-file stage, but be prepared for every
eventuality. Work through all the materials we've suggested so far, and let
us know how you get on. :)
Sarah

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From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carlos
Garcia via BlindMath
Sent: July 6, 2018 11:53 AM
To: jheim at math.wisc.edu
Cc: Carlos Garcia; Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] College math questions

Hi All,
Thank you all for the help you have already provided; I am very enlightened
already.
I'd like to provide some additional information that may be helpful. I will
be majoring in economics and/or math at the university of Pennsylvania.
That means I will have to take at least two semesters of calculus, along
with a statistics course.
Also, I have been in contact with the disability services office at Penn, ,
and they said they can provide a Braille transcriber. However, they will
have to contract with a third party, as they don't have someone on staff.
This makes me think that transcribing services may be slower. Regardless,
I'd like to learn to use a markup language to prepare for the very real
possibility of becoming a math major.
Thank you all,
Carlos

On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:23 AM, John G Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:

> I think easily the best place to start learning latex is with the
wikibook.
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX
>
> Latex is one of those things that takes an hour to start and a lifetime to
> master.
>
>
> On 07/05/2018 09:38 PM, Carlos Garcia via BlindMath 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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