[BlindMath] LaTeX to Math ml?

Doug and Molly Miron mndmrn at hbci.com
Fri Jul 27 16:38:30 UTC 2018


I used NVDA and MathPlayer to learn from web-based materials with no 
particular problems.  The equation examples were properly spoken.---Doug 
Niron


On 7/27/2018 9:51 AM, Boris Veytsman via BlindMath wrote:
> MLvB> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:14:05 -0400
> MLvB> From: Michael Link via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>
>
> MLvB> I would personally spend the time getting used to LaTeX.  Most
> MLvB> college math professors will be using LaTeX as their primary way
> MLvB> to write up assignments and tests, and it will make your life
> MLvB> easier to start to understand the formatting of it.  I now have
> MLvB> to create all of my work in LaTeX, and am feeling the learning
> MLvB> curve myself. I'm sure there are many on this forum and others
> MLvB> that can help you get set up, myself included.
>
>
> A related question: are the current LaTeX learning materials (books,
> web pages etc) adequate for blind persons?  Most of those I've read
> are visually oriented: this LaTeX code produces an equation that looks
> like this.  I would imagine we need something contents-oriented: this
> LaTeX code has this meaning.
>
> We at TUG have TeX education working group,
> https://tug.org/twg/edutex/.  If there are some materials useful
> specifically for teaching visually impaired persons, let me know, and
> I will add links to the edutex web page.  If there are no such
> materials, we can talk to publishers about a book project.
>






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