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Welcome to the official web site of LaTeX2Tri.
Check out the June 2, 2005 article in Nature about WinTriangle, LaTeX2Tri, and related technologies, in HTML or PDF
LaTeX (pronounced lay' tek) is the typesetting language used by mathematicians and physicists worldwide. LaTeX is most often compiled into a PDF file, which is of great use to sighted people, but of little value to a blind researcher, especially when peppered with mathematical symbols the computer can not pronounce. The Triangle language, on the other hand, is a Rich Text Format (RTF) that uses an extended set of fonts to represent those symbols. John Gardner and others developed this language at Oregon State University, along with the WinTriangle program, which voices the RTF files. The creation of LaTeX2Tri bridges the last divide of communication: from the physics and math world of the sighted to the personal computer of the blind researcher. LaTeX2Tri was developed in 2004-2005 at Harvard University by David M. Romps.
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The current version of LaTeX2Tri is 1.0, released March 5, 2005.
The LaTeX2Tri install file for Windows XP: LaTeX2Tri_Install.exe
Newer versions of Windows XP come with .NET Framework 1.1 installed. If you have an older version of XP, you may need to install .NET Framework 1.1 before you can install LaTeX2Tri: dotnetfx.exe
Documents
Article in Nature about LaTeX2Tri, WinTriangle, and related technologies, HTML, PDF
CSUN presentation slides (not accessible), March 2005, HTML, PPT
D. M. Thompson (Romps), "LaTeX2Tri: Physics and Mathematics for the Blind or Visually Impaired," Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, Los Angeles, March 2005, PDF, TRI, TXT, HTML
D. M. Thompson (Romps), "Quantum field theory for the blind: Feynman diagrams in the Triangle language," 2005, draft, PDF, TRI
LaTeX2Tri was built upon latex2rtf and is licensed for use under the GNU General Public License.
Contact
Questions or comments? Contact David M. Romps at davidromps@gmail.com or see romps.org for other contact information.
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