[Nfb-science] math accessibility

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

     For anyone needing to work with math equasions, I suggest the article
by Dr. Gardner from ViewPlus.
http://www.access2science.com/jagqn/WordLatex.html You need MS Word and
Mathtype from Design Science. You can download a fully functional copy of
Mathtype that will run for 30 days. If you want braille, Duxbury will
convert documents with equasions written using Mathtype into braille. Note
that the Duxbury software must run on a PC that has Mathtype installed on
it. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Robert


-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-science [mailto:nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amy
Bower via Nfb-science
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 6:33 AM
To: nfb-science at nfbnet.org
Cc: Amy Bower
Subject: [Nfb-science] math accessibility

Hi All - 

I'm a physical scientist (oceanographer) losing vision due to RP. I'm
already a seasoned Jaws user, although I have some residual (but
increasingly not useful) vision. Short story: I need to be able to easily
write and read equations. I have dabbled with Math Player, MathML etc but
not enough to know what I'm doing, plus that landscape seems to keep
changing. I'm looking for advice on how to use those tools, preferably in
the form of a "user's manual" - i.e., step-by-step guide that includes what
needs to be installed and how to implement. This needs to include
differential equations. I'm using Jaws 16, which I know has some MathML
support. Note that I'm looking for more than the ability to read equations
in internet (html) documents or text books (although that is important too).
I want to construct my own equations for research and be able to read them
back to myself using Jaws. If no such user's guide is out there, but someone
knows an expert who could teach me over the phone or similar, that would
also work and compensation could be arranged. Thanks.

-Amy B.

 

 

Dr. Amy S. Bower

Senior Scientist

Department of Physical Oceanography

MS #21

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole, MA  02543  USA

Voice: 508-289-2781

Email:  abower at whoi.edu

Fax:  508-457-2181

WWW:  http://www.whoi.edu/scientist/abower

 

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