From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com (aserp1040.oracle.com [141.146.126.69]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AEA9D1EF506 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:33:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id r0OHXNf8013666 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:33:23 GMT Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r0OHXMpb010527 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:33:22 GMT Received: from abhmt104.oracle.com (abhmt104.oracle.com [141.146.116.56]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id r0OHXM5l003131 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:33:22 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:33:20 -0800 (PST) From: Don Raikes Sender: Don Raikes To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: RE: latex:accessible math References: <50FF33E4.5070801@tysdomain.com> <50FF458E.6090907@durango.net> <50FFF8C4.3060108@earthlink.net> <51008829.20802@durango.net> In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6665.5003 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] 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: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:33:31 -0000 Jason, What special emacs modes/templates would be useful for working with latex? -----Original Message----- From: Jason White [mailto:jason@jasonjgw.net]=20 Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:47 AM To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: latex:accessible math Scott D. Henning wrote: >The response about LaTex from Liz is right on. I actually use LaTex=20 >often for work that might be done in Word, once you get over the first=20 >hump to learn it and get some templates built, it is easy to re use=20 >them. Since I am only legally blind, I can tell the output is really=20 >good and you are less likely to "break" the document in LaTex than a=20 >word processor that takes any keystroke or mouse move as a command. In 1998 I switched from WordPerfect (a word processor) to LaTeX for all of = my writing (aside from Web pages, which are prepared in HTML). I much prefer LaTeX to a word processor. With LaTeX, I can tell exactly wha= t is in my document simply by reading the source text. The typeset quality = is better than that of a word processor, according to publishers and specia= lists in typography who have used LaTeX for professional purposes. AUCTeX m= ode in Emacs is a very convenient tool to reduce typing and make entry of t= he LaTeX commands more convenient. LaTeX is actually a macro system built u= pon the underlying TeX typesetting tool, and as such, it's programmable. I wrote my Ph.D. thesis in LaTeX. I wrote law school essays in LaTeX - no m= athematics involved in those. My CV is in LaTeX as well. Handouts for unive= rsity presentations can easily be written in LaTeX. There are classes and p= ackages for these and many other applications. You can read the generated PDF file with braille or speech output to some e= xtent by converting it to text with the pdftotext tool. As others have mentioned, there are numerous tutorials and sources of docum= entation available online. You are welcome to ask me if you would like some= references to suitable material. The only circumstance in which I would use a word processor is a situation = requiring collaborative editing of a document with a person who does not us= e LateX. Also, if you're preparing documents in LaTeX, you should learn how to use a= revision control tool such as Git to track changes to your work. Git is es= pecially good for this, as there is an option that will give you word-by-wo= rd diffs rather than line-by-line, and it will even take TeX/LaTeX syntax i= nto account if you specify the right option. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup