[Blindmath] JAWS with Mathematica

Laura Carlson lcarlson at d.umn.edu
Thu Oct 16 20:55:30 UTC 2014


Hi Jon,

Thank you for the information.

Best Regards,
Laura

On 10/16/14, Pielaet, Jon <JPielaet at clark.edu> wrote:
> Laura,
>
> I highly recommend reading through the Blindmath list gems. There is a
> Mathematica section in there.
>
> http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-tools#mathematica
>
> My experience with mathematica has been fairly limited, but I have had the
> best luck using the kernel (command line mode).
>
> I formatted my data sets in CSV or text files and then ran them through. It
> worked well for most things.
>
> There are different ways to format the output. Fortran, LaTeX, etc... You
> can change that pretty easily and get whatever output you need.
>
> I'm sure someone on the list knows the software much better than I do, but
> hopefully this is a good start.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Jon
>
>
> Jon Pielaet
>
> Clark College
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laura
> Carlson via Blindmath
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 1:15 PM
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindmath] JAWS with Mathematica
>
> Hi All,
>
> We are working with a student who is blind and is enrolled in a
> Calculus 3 class.  Part of this class requires students to use the
> program Mathematica to input and manipulate equations.
>
> I found Mathematica's Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility
> Template (VPAT) at:
> http://www.wolfram.com/legal/accessibility/wolfram-mathematica.html
>
> It has the following links:
>
> Accessibility
> http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/Accessibility.html
>
> Keyboard Shortcut Listing
> http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/KeyboardShortcutListing.html
>
> Does anyone have  experience with the JAWS/Mathematica combination to
> share? Are there any incompatibility issues? Any tips or tricks?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best Regards,
> Laura
>
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
> Information Technology Systems and Services
> University of Minnesota Duluth
> Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/
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-- 
Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/




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