[BlindMath] Mathematica

[Neil Soiffer]

It's been a few decades since I last used Mathematica, but the text-based
interface still exists and should be accessible. See
https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/UsingATextBasedInterface.html
for more information.

One issue you will encounter with the text-based interface is that the
default output will be printed on multiple lines and that will be gibberish
to a screen reader. You will want to use "InputForm" so the output is
printed as if you typed it. Using the postfix "//" function application is
probably the easiest way to use this. For example
(x+y)(x-y)//InputForm
will return
x^2 - y^2

There is a way to make InputForm be the default output format. This *might*
work:
SetOptions[$Output, FormatType->InputForm]

I don't have a version of Mathematica to try that on though.

Good luck,

Neil Soiffer


On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 1:17 PM Vladyslav Kutsenko via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Campbell,
>
> if you just need to perform some calculations on matrices and have some
> experience writing Python the Python Library NumPy may be of use to you.
>
> https://numpy.org/
>
> Vladyslav
>
> Am 24.02.24 um 22:04 schrieb Campbell Rutherford via BlindMath:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I apologize if this question has been asked before, but does anyone know
> if
> > Wolfram Mathematica can be made accessible with JAWS? If not, are there
> any
> > alternatives that I can use to work with matrices and manage data?
> >
> > I am currently taking linear algebra, and some of our homework requires
> us
> > to use Mathematica. When I installed the desktop application on my PC, I
> > discovered that it seems to be almost entirely inaccessible with JAWS.
> Up to
> > this point, I have been using other programs that will perform specific
> > tasks that Mathematica can do, such as row-reduction, but there are some
> > tasks with which I still need sighted assistance. Consequently, I am
> looking
> > for a way to either use Mathematica accessibly or to perform the same
> tasks
> > with a different program. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Campbell Rutherford
> >
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