[nfbcs] Window-Eyes and LaTeX

Sat May 5 00:37:35 UTC 2012

As an alternative, if you're adventurous, there are other options if
you're willing to consider other screen readers or platforms.

LaTeX-access (on sourceforge) attempts to render the tex in a aurally
friendly form by reg ex matching and translating raw sources to
something spoken. The integration with screen readers may be hit or
miss (haven't tried with WE).

There are more elaborate systems like emacspeak + AsTeR if you want a
sophisticated system that actually parses the tex and does a rich text
to speech rendering of the constructs. The learning curve is quite
high though. Composition is a lot easier in linux with emacs and auc
tex but a simple text editor can work to get started.

- David

On 5/4/12, Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com> wrote:
> \cdots produces continuation dots, if that helps.
>
> Aaron
>
> On 5/4/12, Bill <cassonw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As mentioned one way would be to read the source as it is given. There
>> are many references online to help decipher what the different symbols
>> mean. Also as already mentioned, you can get these to be read in
>> mathplayer in mathML format. There are several tools out there for
>> converting LaTeX to MathML. A google search will turn up some of
>> those. Once in a MathML format, opening the files in IE with
>> mathPlayer installed is the best solution. I use this for reading my
>> algorithm text and also my theory of computation text which has
>> numerous formulas. If opened in this manner the expressions read close
>> to the way a human would read them and they can be navigated letter by
>> letter if you are using a screen reader.
>> HTH
>> Bill
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
>> <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>> I do not think that there is a way to make any of the screen readers
>>> read
>>> LaTeX in a pretty way; that is, saying one half instead of \frac{1}{2}.
>>> You
>>> could try messing around with the pronunciation dictionary if Window
>>> Eyes
>>> has one, but I am not sure how much you can do. If the LaTeX is embedded
>>> in
>>> the web page, you can use Math Player, but I have found that I really do
>>> not
>>> care for the long names that it gives some of the symbols. Also, if I
>>> remember correctly, you get to hear the equation, and that's it; no
>>> moving
>>> around in it.
>>>   If you have Duxbury and an electronic Braille notetaker that has a
>>> Braille
>>> display, you can paste the LaTeX into Duxbury and translate into Nemeth
>>> to
>>> be read on your notetaker.
>>> If you find that you are stuck just reading through the LaTeX character
>>> by
>>> character, most of the LaTeX constructs are fairly straight forward.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Nicole
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org>
>>> To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 8:08 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Window-Eyes and LaTeX
>>>
>>>
>>>> I used LaTeX both to read and write math and Computer Science class
>>>> homeworks in college, many moons ago. :) I don't remember exactly what
>>>> \cdot is. \ensuremath{} is a construct I did not see in those days,
>>>> but I think it's just a way to make sure the expression is typeset as
>>>> a mathematical formula even if TeX is already in that mode. So you
>>>> should safely be able to ignore that part. The dollar signs before and
>>>> after an expression are the way I remember seeing "math mode" being
>>>> started and ended; so again, you can pretty much ignore those.
>>>>
>>>> c+G is just the addition of two variables, algebraicly.
>>>>
>>>> The \frac expression is a fraction where the numerator comes before
>>>> the denominator, so \frac{G}{F} means "G over F."
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:16:17AM -0400, Jordyn Castor wrote:
>>>> I'm going to paste some of the expressions below.
>>>> \ensuremath{c+G}
>>>> \ensuremath{c\cdot F}
>>>> $\frac{G}{F}$
>>>> Do any of these make sense to anyone? lol I don't know how to read
>>>> LaTeX yet as I just now am done with finals and am actually able to do
>>>> something other than study. :)
>>>> Jordyn
>>>> On 5/4/2012 9:56 AM, Bill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you know if the expressions are LaTeX source or have they already
>>>>> been typeset?
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Jordyn Castor<jordyn2493 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> Does anyone know a way for Window-Eyes to read laTeX expressions? I'm
>>>>>> thinking of taking an online physics preparation course this summer
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> system uses LaTeX to tell you what the problems are.
>>>>>> On a side note, can anyone recommend any good C++ tutorials? I want
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> get a
>>>>>> head start before I take the class next fall. :)
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Jordyn
>>>>>>
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