[BlindMath] How to Study Math Content Independently?

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Just commenting on your assumption that learning LaTeX is somehow necessary.

I think you should quite seriously investigate use of markdown, especially if you are having to present code as part of your assignments. If you are using Python in particular, give quarto a look.
https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/

Of note is that the way to generate mathematical expressions as you have seen on Wikipedia is to use the LaTeX style $y = \alpha + \beta x + \varepsilon$ etc.

HTH,
Jonathan



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Subject: [BlindMath] How to Study Math Content Independently?

Hi,

Hope my mail finds you well,

Currently, I am starting my Masters of Computer Science courses and I hope I could handle the task of studying the math content entirely on my own.

What should I exactly do and what tools are most suitable for the task?

About Me:
I am legally blind and I depend only on screen readers. I have an Intel base Mac that runs Mac OS 12 and can run Windows 10 using VMWare.

About My Study:
The master is in computer science. I am currently enrolled for Deep Learning course and Operating Systems. The one that is of interest here is the Deep Learning course. I found the reference book of "Deep Learning: Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning Series" by Ian Goodfellow on bookshare.org. The book seams accessible to some extent but I am not used to the notations of the book or how the math is represented.

* Is the math content in that version is fully accessible and I should adapt to its notation?
* Is there another version that contains math content represented in a way similar to math content on websites as in Wikipedia? I can understand clearly the math on Wikipedia.
* For assignments, is there a faster method than LaTeX? I think learning LaTeX is a must sooner or later, so writing in it should be a normal task to me as a person who seeks PhD in the field of Computer Science or Machine Learning.

Any help would be truly appreciated,

Mohamed E. Fayed 
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