[BlindMath] Areas still to work on?

[Sukriti Suri]

Agree with you on general inability to type math but would have a difference of opinion about braille code in math. UEB currently has a full braille code but not sure why the spatial representations like fractions and subscripts are not output when given UEB command for respective characters. As a braille user more than a technology expert, I list some advantages of braille code over latex which are of course not to deny your perspective but to add some nuance to the subject:
1. What I find useful about writing through a braille display is that I can simultaneously read quickly in braille whatever I have written. With latex, reading entire code instead of output symbols simultaneously seems annoying while solving questions. Here, I wish to emphasize on the fact that typing with maths is not just writing something; it demands continuous introspection as various steps are interdependent. Reading what I have written in braille is much more comfortable than listening to entire code but there too the issue of single line display bothers a lot.
2. Another thing I have found annoying about latex editters is that they do not accept direct symbols. E.g if I am writing in a latex editter through my braille display and if I enter ⊂ symbol directly through braille code, it will mark it inappropriate and I will be forced to write \subset which is much more time consuming especially when seen in terms of cumilitive effect.
3. Even if you are not using a braille display and know the braille code, I think solving part can more comfortably be done on a brailler and then steps could be transcribed in a latex code. This is of course time consuming but at least cumbersome steps can be handled through this technique. This may sound absurd but this gives one the joy and comfort of doing maths the like of which sighted people have with pen and paper.
Having said that, I do feel that I do recognize the utility of latex for the advantages highlighted by you and also the fact that resources to learn it and awareness regarding it is quite more and can be used even by those not having braille display or not knowing braille for some reason. At the end, it does depend upon the user and the resources available but the area needs improvement is a fact for sure.
Thanks
Sukriti