Kevin Fjelsted

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main You can certainly dictate in Latex as well! There are a number of good dictation programs! There is no way that MS Word is as accurate and as well formatted as Latex! This is not only true for general work but even more so for math and computer science. The analogy I would use is to think about all the Blind people that listened to sighted people state that they don’t need to learn Braille but instead just use audio books.

@RareBird15 @DesireeRenae @mastoblind @main Markdown works for standard presentations but it doesn’t cover math or special styles and citations. On the iPhone and Mac there is a presentation app called Deckset which is designed around Markdown which builds the slides automatically but it again doesn’t give the completeness of the Latex ecosystem.

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main Can you clarify what the environment you have set up and working for Latex that is functioning verses what you are adding/changing? It sounds like there is a lot of layers going on? As far as the late assignment it is always complex to try and build an environment and keep on track for the first use. Is there a way to hire a reader or disability specialist to help get the current assignment done in Power Point and at the same time build an independent accessible environment without trying to intersect the two objectives at this point?

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main There is a lot of chatter and claims about creating meaningful PowerPoint including some NFB presentations. The Latex command line will still get a Blind person much farther than Powerpoint guesses and approximations!

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main I think you are better off using Latex Beamer and finding a workflow around that such as https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9462/how-should-i-convert-my-beamer-slides-to-powerpoint-according-to-these-odd-speci