[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: question about math
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:34:10 -0500
liblouis and liblouisutdml are intended to work with MathML. The
accuracy of the translation will depend on how well TeX is converted to
MathML. It might help if you build both from their repositories.
John
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 01:21:43PM +0300, Antonis Tsolomitis wrote:
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> I wonder if your recent patches have anything to do with the
> problems I mentioned earlier or not. <br>
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> Is it possible to use liblouis and liblouisutdml (at it's current
> state) to convert to braille even the simplest unicode latex file?<br>
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> Say<br>
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> abc αβγ $\int f$<br>
> \end{document}<br>
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> Is there any documentation that explains how it can be done?<br>
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> Antonis.<br>
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> Στις 28/07/2014 04:23 μμ, ο/η Michael Whapples (Redacted sender
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> I am not sure why the output is not correct.<br>
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> However it should be noted that conversion between LaTeX and
> MathML is not always perfect. The result may look acceptable in a
> browser like Firefox but the MathML may not contain sufficient
> semantic detail for accurate Braille translation.<br>
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> It may be more useful if you post the actual MathML in the .xht
> file, then we know what exactly file2brl is working on.<br>
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> Regarding how to translate books with text and multiple equations,
> a similar process should be possible (IE. LibLouisUTDML can
> translate documents with multiple equations and text). However
> there is still the possibility of translation errors.<br>
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> Michael Whapples<br>
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Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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