[BlindMath] Helpful suggestions

[Bill Dengler]

Any text editor should be fine, but you’ll need a TeX compiler on your machine to generate visual output for a sighted person.
This Wikibook <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX> is a good resource.

Bill

> On 22 Sep 2019, at 14:12, <hmelias09 at gmail.com> <hmelias09 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Bill:
>  
> I am looking at that link now. I have a Question about LaTex, how do you access it? Do I have to use a particular program? Or could I use my braille display and notepad? Also do you know of a good resource to learn LaTex?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Hector
>  
> From: Bill Dengler <codeofdusk at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 10:41 AM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: hmelias09 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Helpful suggestions
>  
> In terms of braille math, this tutorial should be helpful: https://uebmath.aphtech.org/ <https://uebmath.aphtech.org/>
> LaTeX is a typesetting system popular in the math and CS world. It is very useful for working with mathematical expressions in speech (As a post to braille), accessing main stream mathematical documents (Many professors and mathematicians write documents in TeX so if you can read the source file it is a useful way of accessing the document), and for presenting your work to sighted people (who obviously don’t know Braille).
>  
> Bill
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> 
>> On Sep 22, 2019, at 13:11, Hector Elias via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Everyone:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My name is Hector Elias, and I am writing to this mailing list to ask for
>> suggestions. I am very low partial, and that vision doesn't allow me to use
>> a CCTV any more. Growing up I had a hard time with getting services from my
>> school district, so I am a late bloomer. I do know how to read literary
>> braille, but never learned Nemeth. I am a STEM student, working to get my
>> degree in Computer Science. I have gone through most of my classes using a
>> screen reader and the CCTV. However, the CCTV is more of a hindrance then a
>> help. I have belly flopped throughout my math courses, and now find myself
>> struggling to proceed. I am also having issues with my math based classes
>> for computers such as: Discrete Structures, Boolean Algebra, and so on.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What suggestions are there for me to bring myself up to speed in Nemeth, and
>> are there any tools or techniques for me to aid in my journey? I saw some
>> post about LaTex and I was wondering what it is and how to learn it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry if I sound ignorant but I have stuck to my CCTV and now I can't use it
>> anymore. Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Respectfully,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hector Elias 
>> 
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