[BlindMath] BlindMath Digest, Vol 128, Issue 23

Mon Mar 27 12:06:46 UTC 2017

All,

a quick question about Winshell tex editor and LaTEX editors in general,

I have been advised to 0use TEXstudio which is one  of the LaTEX
editors to do coursework, and I have discovered it doesn't work with
Jaws Screen Reader, or NVDA,

but their is a suitable alternative which works with Jaws, called
Winshell, which is another tex editor; but my university ddon't want
to understand that I am having problems accessing the TEXStudio tex
editor, with assistive software, how can I get this message across
please?

Regards,

Tolga Karatas.

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> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:42:12 +0100
> From: D?niel Hajas <d.hajas.lists at gmail.com>
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> Hello everyone,
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> Just catching up on e-mails from the past few weeks.
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> Zach, I couldn?t agree more with Lukas, in my experience writing directly to
> the authors always resulted in an accessible format of the book, usually
> LaTeX, within just a few days. When approaching publishers, May be 2 out of
> 10 occasions has led to success, but only after weeks, and months of
> waiting.
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> So when you can approach the author, try that first, possibly with the help
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> Daniel
>> On 10 Mar 2017, at 16:44, ?ukasz Grabowski via BlindMath
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Zach, so what's the textbook?
>>
>> I think you have a much better chance if you contact the authors - it
>> would be hard for me even to image an author of a maths book which
>> would refuse giving you the sources for your pirvate use. I used
>> something like this.
>>
>> Dear ...,
>>
>> I am a mathematics lecturer at the Lancaster University, and I
>> currently prepare teaching materials for a visually impaired student.
>> It would be of enormous help if I could get access to the TeX files (or
>> other source files) of your book ... .
>> Do you think you could provide me with such TeX files or source files?
>>
>> I would use the source files exclusively for providing versions of the
>> book, which is the main reference for some of our courses, to
>> our visually impaired students.
>>
>> With best wishes,
>> ...
>>
>> Best,
>> ?ukasz
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:01:14 -0600
>> Zach via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I wrote before about this course, but wanted to ask about peoples'
>>> experiences requesting accessible versions of text books from
>>> publishers and authors. As Dr. Godfrey pointed out, my text book is
>>> over ten years old, but my prof fervently believes this is the
>>> end-all text for applied linear regression. Unfortunately I've found
>>> my learning style depends on reading a text book more than listening
>>> to lectures, and my prof assigns almost all homework's as problems
>>> from the book-not the hard part, I just get people to read them to
>>> me, but understanding the material when you've fallen way behind and
>>> have a thousand commitments is. So after that rant. could someone
>>> share with me a sample letter they may have sent to an author and/or
>>> publisher that elicited a positive response, that is to say the
>>> author(s)/publisher sent them an accessible and/or workable format of
>>> the text? My disabilities office contacted the publisher at the
>>> beginning of the semester to which the response was "We don't have an
>>> electronic copy of this book." Is that possible considering the book
>>> was published in 2004? My DSS then shredded my hard copy and made a
>>> readable PDF, but as we all know math doesn't translate, which is
>>> kind of important in regression.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you Dr. Godfrey again for the tutorial resources. I'm getting
>>> to them ASAP. If I'm ever in NZ or you in US perhaps we should try
>>> meeting up.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Zac
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Zachary Mason
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>>> M.S. Student
>>>
>>> Animal and Dairy Sciences
>>>
>>> Mississippi State University
>>>
>>>
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> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:45:03 +0100
> From: D?niel Hajas <d.hajas.lists at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] [Blindmath] NFB stem convention.
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> Are there any plans to host similar seminars in European countries? I
> believe NFB has divisions in the UK as well, which would benefit all those
> students and accessible STEM experts coming from farther field.
>
> Daniel
>> On 9 Mar 2017, at 03:30, John Gardner via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
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>> The meeting is the National Federation of the Blind convention and is in
>> Orlando, Florida beginning Monday, July 10 and ending on Saturday, July
>> 16.
>> Info on convention at:
>> https://nfb.org/convention
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Doug
>> and
>> Molly Miron via Blindmath
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 7:18 PM
>> To: john.Gardner at oregonstate.edu; blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Doug and Molly Miron <mndmrn at hbci.com>
>> Subject: [Blindmath] NFB stem convention.
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>> Good day John,
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>> Where is this meeting taking place, and what is the last day?  Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Doug Miron
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