Obstacles to accessible TeX: Thur 12 Aug 6:30 to 7:30pm UK time

Jonathan Fine <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:01:47 +0100
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Hi

Summary: Obstacles to accessible TeX this Thursday 12 Aug, 6:30 to 7:30pm
UK time.
URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=3DcHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT0=
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Links to 8 accessibility talks at recent TeX conference. Topics for TeX
Hour, to the end of August.

At the TeX Conference last weekend there were 8 talks that focussed on
accessibility. I think that's a record. The subject of the TeX Hour this
Thursday is "Obstacles to Accessible TeX". This includes technical, social
and human problems. Sharing experience and a fair partnership between blind
and sighted are crucial for avoiding and removing obstacles.

One of the talks is a 30 minute conversation between Jonathan Godfrey and
Jana Schroeder,  both of whom are blind. I had the honor of facilitating
this conversation.  Even if you don't go to the TeX Hour, I think it's well
worth listening to. It's available at
https://youtu.be/KNLJwjKg7EM

Here are the TeX Hour details:

Date and time: Thursday 12 August, 6.30 to 7.30pm UK time.
UK time now: https://time.is/UK.
Zoom URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=3DcHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT0=
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Meeting ID: 785 5125 5396
Passcode: knuth

The URLs of all 8 talks are below, in the Appendix. I particularly
recommend the talk on tactile mathematics by Kolesnikov, Maneki, Cantino,
Beezer, and Volker Sorge
https://youtu.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D22442

TeX Hours are always Thursday 6:30 to 7:30pm UK time. Future TeX Hours are
Thursday 19 Aug: XML to TeX to PDF - when PDF is one of many rendering of
XML
Thursday 26 Aug: Portable TeX Documents - reducing and resolving
dependencies of TeX source

with best regards

Jonathan

Appendix: Links to the 8 accessibility talks at 2021 TeX Conference

Andreas Papasalouros & Antonis Tsolomitis
latex2nemeth: A direct LaTeX-to-Braille Transcribing Tool
https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D14182

Ulrike Fischer
On the road to tagged PDF: about StructElem, Marked Content, PDF/A and
squeezed B=C3=A4rs
https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D16985

Frank Mittelbach
Taming the beast =E2=80=94 Advances in paragraph tagging with pdfTeX and Xe=
TeX
https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D19551

Jana Schroeder and Jonathan Godfrey ( host Jonathan Fine)
Code and math in the dark
https://youtu.be/KNLJwjKg7EM

Keiran Harcombe & Boris Veytsman
Creating TeXLive VPAT statement
https://youtu.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D20010

Alexei Kolesnikov, Al Maneki, Michael Cantino, Rob Beezer, Volker Sorge
Tactile mathematics: Enabling Sighted and Blind People to Share
Mathematical Experience
https://youtu.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D22442

Michael Nolan, Dr. Todd Pagano, Suhas Chikkanaravangala Vijayakumar, Rahul
Jaiswal
Publishing for all: Using LaTeX to help improve the accessibility of an
open-access journal
[This talk is split over 2 URLs.]
https://youtu.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D25189
https://youtu.be/GAGglH-cWcE?t=3D0

Ross Moore & Tom Price
Accessible research reports; case study, including acronyms and glossaries
https://youtu.be/GAGglH-cWcE?t=3D5600

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sday 26 Aug: Portable TeX Documents - reducing and resolving dependencies o=
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ity talks at 2021 TeX Conference</div><div><br></div><div><div>Andreas Papa=
salouros &amp; Antonis Tsolomitis</div><div>latex2nemeth: A direct LaTeX-to=
-Braille Transcribing Tool</div><div><a href=3D"https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3=
U?t=3D14182" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D14182</a><b=
r></div><div><br></div><div>Ulrike Fischer</div><div>On the road to tagged =
PDF: about StructElem, Marked Content, PDF/A and squeezed B=C3=A4rs<br></di=
v><div><a href=3D"https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D16985" target=3D"_blank"=
>https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D16985</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Fr=
ank Mittelbach</div><div>Taming the beast =E2=80=94 Advances in paragraph t=
agging with pdfTeX and XeTeX<br></div><div><a href=3D"https://youtu.be/SZHI=
eevyo3U?t=3D19551" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be/SZHIeevyo3U?t=3D19551=
</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jana Schroeder and Jonathan Godfrey ( hos=
t Jonathan Fine)<br></div><div>Code and math in the dark<br></div><div><a h=
ref=3D"https://youtu.be/KNLJwjKg7EM" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be/KNL=
JwjKg7EM</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Keiran Harcombe &amp; Boris Veyts=
man=C2=A0</div><div>Creating TeXLive VPAT statement</div><div><a href=3D"ht=
tps://youtu.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D20010" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be/la=
PT8mmz8ZA?t=3D20010</a></div><div><br>Alexei Kolesnikov, Al Maneki, Michael=
 Cantino, Rob Beezer, Volker Sorge</div><div>Tactile mathematics: Enabling =
Sighted and Blind People to Share Mathematical Experience</div><div><a href=
=3D"https://youtu.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D22442" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu=
.be/laPT8mmz8ZA?t=3D22442</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Michael Nolan, D=
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e/GAGglH-cWcE?t=3D0" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be/GAGglH-cWcE?t=3D0</=
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