[BlindMath] Mathpix help with a textbook from Bookshare

[Robin Williams]

Yes, I have suggested this to my friend, if possible trying to get hold of the original source. For reasons unknown to me, the publishers aren't playing ball.
This is partly for him, and partly to further my own experience of what levels of success we might reasonably expect in various situations.
I hadn't thought of trying an EPUB, I'll see if it's available. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Mathpix help with a textbook from Bookshare

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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