[BlindMath] Question for LaTeX users

[Godfrey, Jonathan]

Hello Robert,

Just quickly...

Check out http://www.access2science.com/
And the archives to this list because this topic has been raised fairly often over the years (less often recently).

TeXnicCenter does have a way to improve its accessibility for blind users, somewhere buried in its menus. I haven't used it for a few years now though, but certainly did so using JAWS and NVDA (before 2016).

Jason's suggestion of command line is possible on Windows, but perhaps it is best left to the tech geeks not novice users. I certainly use these techniques, although not from the actual command line because I put the same commands into a batch file which is considerably more efficient.

The resulting pdf won't be readable, but there are several projects to improve the accessibility of the content within the generated pdf. They all require additional packages, not just the base installation of TexWorks or MikTex as far as I am aware. The greatest access still comes from converting to HTML.

Tutorials offered at the NFB Convention in 2017 will be well worth tracking down, as will others held in conjunction with the International Conference on Computers Helping People (ICCHP) through its Summer University events.

I suspect you will find there has been little progress of substance since 2017, but you might find something of value somewhere.

Cheers,
Jonathan
Former LaTeX geek








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Hello:

     I forgot to mention that I am running Windows on a PC so I have no way to try Linux based software.

Regards,

Robert


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Hello:

 

     I am looking for information on software for working with LaTeX. I downloaded both 

TeXnicCenter and texworks from Miktex.

With both packages, I checked for and set accessibility options.

So far, I found that the editor for texworks is accessible, but I couldn't print or save a usable pdf file.

On the other hand, the TexNicCenter package editor was inaccessible, but I could print a file.

The object of this work is to put together an article to help students get started using LaTex. I do know of Dr. Gardner's articles on using MathType and Word. Thanks for any comments/suggestions.

 

Regards,

 

Robert

 

Robert Jaquiss

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Phone: 406-334-5088.

 

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