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An Inclusive and Accessible LaTeX Editor

Authors : Giuseppe Melfi, Thorsten Schwarz, Rainer Stiefelhagen

Published in: Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the reasons which led us to propose LaTeX as mathematical notation to visually impaired students and why there is need for an accessible LaTeX editor. We performed an accessibility test for a selection of three LaTeX editors, to investigate their capabilities to satisfy the needs of these users. The evaluation of the results showed that it was necessary to develop an own editor. The first prototype was preliminarily tested, proving that, paying attention to the GUI library and the development environment, it is possible to develop a GUI with a high level of compatibility with assistive technologies like screen readers and magnifiers. The editor achieved a satisfying ranking in the user-tests which encourages further development of the software.

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SZS-LaTeX Editor http://services.szs.kit.edu/szslatex/.

wxWidgets: Cross-Platform GUI Library, https://www.wxwidgets.org/.

SZS: German acronym for Study Centre for the Visually Impaired - Karlsruhe.

The first prototypes of the editor were developed also with Qt library. For a short comparison, see the web page of the SZS-Editor: http://services.szs.kit.edu/szslatex/.

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Title: An Inclusive and Accessible LaTeX Editor
Authors: Giuseppe Melfi
Thorsten Schwarz
Rainer Stiefelhagen
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-94276-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-94277-3

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_90