Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:47:34 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind Message-ID: <20120328024734.3bbc2b39.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201203271321.q2RDL4NY045548@x.it.okstate.edu> References: <201203271321.q2RDL4NY045548@x.it.okstate.edu>
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:21:04 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> By the way, math done by any method other than Braille
> is darn next to useless. Equations in Braille can be formatted
> very much like they are in print and there is a whole Braille
> system for reading and writing math.
Interesting, I didn't know that. However, LaTeX allows
writing (and typesetting) math on a "pure text basis"
which may be interesting to authors who are unable to
access a GUI-driven formula editor. Of course there is
another learning courve here. But nothing does prohibit
a blind scientist to write his stuff himself, read it
himself; things as $\bar{x}=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}({x_i})}{n}$
can be quite easily be used if you have learned few
relatively simple things: typing on the keyboard,
using a powerful editor, the "LaTeX language", and
maybe Braille. This way, an author can concentrate
on content, while the tools step into the background
and let him just do his stuff.
> After all, it's unix which means one can expect
> certain behaviors regarding standard devices.
As long as the devices play nice... :-)
--
Polytropon
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