[BlindMath] A question from developers

[Godfrey, Jonathan]

I assume you mean braille v audio only. The braille output depends on software to get the right content displayed, and in practically every setting this is the same screen reading software that generates the audio.

I started life as an audio only LaTeX user, but I do want to use braille at times of my choosing. I promote braille (in conjunction with audio) as the best option that anyone serious about coding must have at their disposal.

I always have my display set to computer braille so that the greatest set of symbols is available in a single cell, including the \ symbols. This is crucial as in much of my coding, the \ is used for an escape character and to get a single \ printed I need to use \\ everywhere. In situations where a file is doubly processed, I need to put in four \ symbols to generate a single one in the final output.

Braille is essential and ought to be totally complementary to audio in any solution being developed.

Jonathan

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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Boris Veytsman via BlindMath
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Subject: [BlindMath] A question from developers

Greetings

At the recent discussion following the TeX accessibility workshop at Rio a question was raised: do people use Braille devices for math-heavy texts, or screen readers only?  Can we have an informal straw poll here?


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Good luck

-Boris

Simon's Law:
	Everything put together falls apart sooner or later.

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