From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FQVFU-0007D5-00 for ; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:02:04 -0400 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s7so981081wxc for ; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:02:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.13.12 with SMTP id 12mr2477569wxm; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:02:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?149.149.100.194? ( [149.149.10.250]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h14sm393509wxd.2006.04.03.13.02.01; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:02:03 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) In-Reply-To: <9ea88b710604031216i2d41f6b6o4c43b15d84424131@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060402172448.22452.57068@rif.myfreedombox.com> <0B7A0AAB-F2DC-4C77-BEAC-537F9DA8E8CF@gmail.com> <9ea88b710604031056h5bfd7f72peccf32730939d0da@mail.gmail.com> <81605061-AF36-4D04-8430-1431161709E7@gmail.com> <9ea88b710604031216i2d41f6b6o4c43b15d84424131@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <22B7CB96-73AE-4C17-9D29-5CF326F2D751@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Jane Jordan (gmail)" Subject: Re: apple's screen reader (was New Linux PDA For Blind People) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:41:45 -0500 To: bob.dodd@acm.org, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:02:04 -0000 Oh, my. It seems really confusing. I see a *whole* lot of stuff. Not even sure where to start. Oh well. This is not something I will be able to just dive in, I think. Jane On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:16 PM, bob wrote: > On 4/3/06, Jane Jordan (gmail) wrote: >> I have never head of it. Where do I find information about it? >> Latexm did you call it> >> >> Let me clarify, I *have* heard of it,m but only ina Math context. >> Hmm .,.. more info would be helpful. >> >> Jane > > Here's a Mac oriented page, including links to disk images for it: > > http://ii2.sourceforge.net/tex-index.html > > If you find the iid application inaccessible, you can download Latex > in source code from: > http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html > > Yes, these days it is used largely by maths and science students who > need help with formating formulae, but it's actually a fully-fledged > text formatting language. It pre-dates Word and has rather more > features, and is free beer. In these days of wysiwyg editors of > course, it's a bit of a dying art. > > > Bob Dodd > Accessibility Research Group > University of Teesside, > United Kingdom > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup