A Direct TeX-to-Braille Transcribing Method

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  • Author(s): Papasalouros, Andreas; Tsolomitis, Antonis
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities. 2017 20(1):36-49.
  • Publication Date:
    2017
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      RIT Scholar Works. The Wallace Library A-500, 90 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. Tel: 585-475-7934; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://scholarworks.rit.edu/jsesd
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Blindness; Visual Impairments; Braille; Tactile Adaptation; Disabilities; Mathematics Education; Science Education; College Students; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Computer Software; Programming
    • Subject Terms:
      Greece
    • ISSN:
      1940-9923
    • Abstract:
      The TeX/LaTeX typesetting system is the most wide-spread system for creating documents in Mathematics and Science. However, no reliable tool exists to this day for automatically transcribing documents from the above formats into Braille/Nemeth code. Thus, visually impaired students of related fields do not have access to the bulk of study material available in LaTeX format. We have developed a tool, named latex2nemeth, for directly transcribing LaTeX documents to Nemeth Braille, thus facilitating the access of blind students to Science. In order to support the extensive set of Mathematics symbols covered by TeX, we propose some new symbols based on the extension mechanisms of the Nemeth code.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      20
    • Publication Date:
      2018
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1169379