From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HrJeM-0000zz-00 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 16:11:06 -0400 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B903522140E for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 19:56:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 23 May 2007 19:56:45 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: zEhXD0ZAXTDq94bMkGCrZu1/Q5jdgmGLtdutpNuATcAt 1179964604 Received: from bhadder?fastmail.fm (adsl-209-30-180-152.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [209.30.180.152]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D671C104 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 19:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by bhadder@fastmail.fm (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 23 May 2007 14:02:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:02:54 -0500 From: Barry Hadder To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: TeX Message-ID: <20070523190254.GA4429@debian.localdomain> Mail-Followup-To: Barry Hadder , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 20:11:06 -0000 After I learned how to do it I never went back to a word processor. A good place to get started is: http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex The learning curve is of course much steeper than a word processor, but I think it's well worth it. Hope that helps. On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 04:10:52PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hello, > I have heard a great deal about the use of TeX and LateX by the blind to do 'structured documents'. I'm wondering if this package would be appropriate for things like essays, with fairly specific formatting requirements. (I could always use a Windows word processor to do the same, but I get less feedback with those than I feel comfortable with.) > If this is indeed the case, could anybody recommend a good site for learning the fundamentals? I've heard of a publication called the TeXbook, but can't find an accessible version. > Thanks much in advance, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Barry