Re: For those with partial sight

Great news Wayne! Thanks for sharing this!

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 2:38 PM Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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