For those with partial sight

Reading with partial sight:
I think Microsoft Word has quietly become the best assistive technology for
people with low vision. The text-to-speech reader is excellent, with speed
control and a couple of good voices. What is really great is the way it
reads mathematics.
The math editor is excellent! Most LaTex editors are very hard to use
because the commands are too tiny or too big (taking up half the screen).
With Word, most symbols can be entered from the keyboard using LaTex.

The text-to speech reads mathematics created in the equation editor as good
or better than a human! It misses symbols you punch in directly. So, if you
insert the code for a set union , "\cup", straight into the doc, it will
print nicely but if your union is not in an equation box the Word reader
skips it.

However,"\cup" in an equation box reads "union". It really works. I use the
text-to-speech to proof-read proofs.

Font size is no problem. There is no upper limit. The word styles do what
CSS promised. I advise not changing font family, spacing, or any other
parameters before you get the font size you like with word wrapping. Font
size does not work like zooming a web page. You can make a global change,
but you can vary the size by its semantics.

It is ironic that a proprietary product of the icon of software monopoly
would come up with a better low vision accomodation than the W3C.

Beat, Wayne