[BlindMath] New to LaTex

[Bert Van Landeghem]

Dear Jonathan,

That sounds like an interesting idea. And with screen sharing possibilities
it would then be possible to go more in depth to discuss particular
problems or opportunities.

Kind regards,
Bert

On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 13:15, Jonathan Fine via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've been very impressed by recent contributions to this list. I'm
> particularly thinking of the threads.
>
> Subject: New to LaTeX
> Started by: Dana Mohsen
> URL:
> http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindmath_nfbnet.org/2023-September/010787.html
>
> Subject: I'm blind! I love math! I want to go higher than high school
> geometry
> Started by Ray McAllister
> URL:
> http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindmath_nfbnet.org/2023-September/010756.html
>
> Subject: Question about Latex
> Started by: Janet Tabora
> URL:
> http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindmath_nfbnet.org/2023-August/010744.html
>
> I have a suggestion. It is that as an experiment the people on this list,
> perhaps with help from the Visually Impaired Programmers list, hold a
> monthly online audio meeting, with video available so that sighted persons
> (like myself) can act as an assistant, for example for complex math, figure
> descriptions and LaTeX installation. This also gives sighted persons an
> opportunity to learn about the needs of blind people and the difficulties
> they face, and for both sides to make new friends.
>
> I'm impressed that the US National Federation of the Blind (who host this
> list) is run by blind people, which helps ensure that it reflects the
> collective views of its blind members. I think this is important, and so
> I'm not interested in having a leading role in such a sequence of regular
> audio (plus screenshare) meetings. However, I am willing to provide about 3
> hours a month to the end of the year to support such meetings. This would
> include providing Zoom Pro hosting from my account, and processing the
> resulting audio and video recordings.
>
> For those that don't know, a few words about myself. I'm sighted and
> retired. My interests include math research, TeX and LaTeX, Python and
> accessibility. I've experience in teaching college and university level
> mathematics. I used to be the LaTeX Officer at the Open University in the
> UK.
>
> I hope my outlook on LaTeX and accessibility is mostly consistent with
> Jonathan Godfrey's. I run a weekly online video meeting, The TeX Hour,
> where I've already met some of you.
> URL: https://texhour.github.io/
>
> with best wishes
>
> Jonathan
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