Blind friendly LaTeX: An option for adapting electronic documents containing mathematical text

Abstract

This article focuses on the accessibility of study materials containing mathematics to visually impaired students and students with learning disabilities. The electronic editable document (EED) is introduced within the legislative frame of the "Rules for providing support to the public universities" in the Czech Republic. An idea how to fulfil the requirements of EED by creating a document combining structured text in MS Word with mathematics in LaTeX code is presented. For this purposes it is necessary to define strict and simple rules for LaTeX keeping the code translatable. Basic principles of Czech standard for mathematics in Braille are presented as an inspiration. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.