From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tds-solutions.net (tds-solutions.net [69.164.206.65]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28AE01EF0DD for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:49:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.240.101.44] (90.sub-174-232-194.myvzw.com [174.232.194.90]) (Authenticated sender: tyler) by tds-solutions.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1A8A1A036 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:49:14 -0700 (MST) References: <50FF33E4.5070801@tysdomain.com> <50FF458E.6090907@durango.net> <50FFF8C4.3060108@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <50FFF8C4.3060108@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: Cc: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A523) From: "Littlefield, Tyler" Subject: Re: latex:accessible math Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:49:07 -0700 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:49:19 -0000 hellothanks for all the information. as long as i can use pdf that would wor= k fine. I will check into it tonight for sure and see what i can do with it.= Thanks, Sent from my iPhone On Jan 23, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Liz Hare wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I would definitely suggest using LaTex for expressing math work. There is n= othing else except maybe MathML that lets you specify exactly what things li= ke equations and tables look like. >=20 > As mentioned before, the mathematical expressions in the .dvi or .pdf outp= ut are not accessible. However, when I produce reports in LaTex, I do check t= he PDFs because the text and tables do come through. So you can make sure no= thing drastic happened to those elements of your work. You can OCR it into W= ord if you really want to check they layout carefully but I rarely have the p= atience to do this. >=20 > It would be ideal if your professors were familiar with LaTex and you coul= d submit the .tex files themselves. That way, they could give feedback in ra= w LaTex format too, and you could understand it without needing a reader. I h= ad one stats professor who did that with me. >=20 > It depends somewhat on your career goals. If you are going to keep doing m= ath and science, the LaTex learning curve is worth it. There are tons of res= ources on the Web and if you find you've forgotten some minor detail, it's q= uite easy to use Google to get a quick answer. There are even more ways nowa= days to convert between LaTex and other formats. >=20 > Liz >=20 > Liz Hare PhD > Dog Genetics LLC > doggene@earthlink.net > http://www.doggenetics.com >=20 > On 1/22/2013 9:06 PM, Scott D. Henning wrote: >> Hello Ty, >>=20 >> I will tell you what I know of the subject and hope that it helps you. >>=20 >> I always found LaTex mentioned when blind people needed to deal with >> math and started looking into it some time ago. Here is what I found. >>=20 >> It was developed to typeset Mathematics for publication. These would be >> science and math articles. The typeset output is NOT accessible. I was >> not sure if you knew that from your post. The LaTex is accessible >> because it uses human readable syntax to produce the output. The output >> could be turned in to the teacher, you work in the LaTex. I would think >> that a sighted helper to make sure output is correct would be useful. I >> even wonder if the teacher could simply read the LaTex directly. >>=20 >> As for your use of "Rubber" I think you said, I don't know that one. >> Tell me more...I can do some research on the subject. >>=20 >> I will be happy to help you, contact me off list >> shenning@durango.net >>=20 >> Scott > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup