[BlindMath] Accessible LaTeX Editors

[Michael Whapples]

I also would ask, what is wanted from an editor? You can even write 
LaTeX with notepad, but that is extremely basic and has nothing specific 
to help you out with LaTeX. At the other end there are editors like 
emacs and vim which are power editors and will have extensions to help 
with working with LaTeX, but these editors may not be natural to a 
typical Windows user. I would even be prepared to bet that there are 
LaTeX extensions for VSCode which seems to be a very popular accessible 
editor for programming.


So there you go 4 editors which are accessible. I could name more but 
then you may get overloaded with too many options.


Michael Whapples

On 06/10/2026 04:31, Jonathan Godfrey via BlindMath wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wonder if you're making the request something harder than it needs to be.
>
> First: Which editor are you using for the markdown files you write?
>
> Second: The markdown you are used to can be turned into LaTeX and then converted to the format the requestor is demanding using Pandoc.
>
> It is becoming less common to *require* use of LaTeX. Last time I was "required" to do so, I wrote my paper in markdown so that I could continue to convert to HTML so that I could read the outcome of my labours. I kept a copy of the template file that was required, but used a single \input{Godfrey} type statement to pull in the text as I had been editing it.
>
> I believe I could find the right YAML to put in the top of a markdown file to have met the requirements too.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of dana mohsen via BlindMath
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 October 2026 4:23 pm
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> Subject: [BlindMath] Accessible LaTeX Editors
>
> Dear Blind Math mailing list,
> I hope all of you are doing well.
> I was wondering if anyone knew of an accessible LaTeX editor? I know how to write embedded LaTeXatex equations within markdown documents, but I have to write my papers for a class in LaTeX. I have tried overleaf, and it wasn't very accessible, but that was around 3 years ago. Are there any tips or suggestions you guys would recommend? Thank you so much in.
>
> Best,
> Dana
>
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