[nfbcs] Window-Eyes and LaTeX

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

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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