[BlindMath] New to LaTex

[Fawaz abdul rahman]

It sounds great, however, is there a guide to get started with LaTeX?
I know there are plenty on the internet, but is there a particular one that
you recommend? I am interested in math in particular, not publishing books
whatever.
Thank you.


On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 3:02 PM Bert Van Landeghem via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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