If you have reasonable sight unnaided or with magnification such that you don't need much speech the MS Word Equation editor should do the job well enough. Latex will be accessible to the extent that it is a document markup language, you can wirte your Latex code in any plain text document editor and then compile it. The Latex route a really good one (it is what is used for publishing mathematical and other engineering scientific papers) but has a higher learning curve than Word's equation editor because the later is graphically driven for non-experts to work with. Those with very long memories will remember a specially adapted (I think Sharp) number in the 80s but RNIB certainly used to have a talking scientific calculator a few years ago I would enquire with the RNIB shop as a starting point. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Emma Wright To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:59 PM Subject: [access-uk] Writing mathematical formulae Dear all, As I explained in an earlier email, I'm partially sighted and thinking of taking an AS level maths course. I'm currently trying to work out how I am going to write mathematical equations as I can't read my own handwriting. I've had various suggestions, including: MathSpeak (a program you talk to and it turns maths into characters on screen); LaTeX; and equation editor in Word. Does anyone have an experience of using any of these and how accessible they are, or do you have any other suggestions? Emma -- Emma Jane Wright School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Nottingham emmajane9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.accessingmaterials.org.uk ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq