[BlindMath] Mathpix help with a textbook from Bookshare

doa viciosodiego at icloud.com
Wed May 22 11:48:45 UTC 2024


Have to agree with Jason. I tried doing this with Mathpix by converting the pdf to latex and from there using pandoc to convert to html or markdown. It was not a good experience. I haven’t tried this with an ePub file, however.
Diego Vicioso.

> On May 22, 2024, at 7:23 AM, Jason J.G. White via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 22/5/24 03:47, Robin Williams via BlindMath wrote:
>> I am trying to help a friend create as accessible a copy of a textbook
>> as possible, using a PDF from Bookshare. The PDF seems to be a standard
>> untagged file, one can read the text but as usual the maths is no use.
> 
> Untagged PDF is a terrible starting point for creating an accessible document.
> 
> Can you try harder to obtain a copy of the book in a better format? Bookshare resources are usually in EPUB, for example, which would be better, even if the mathematical notation isn't very accessible.
> 
> You may need to contact the publisher, as they probably have it in a format that you can more readily convert.
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