Just talked with #DisabilityServices at Colorado Christian University. They’re encouraging me to use #MicrosoftWord instead of #LaTeX for schoolwork, since Word has built-in dictation that could help when my #RheumatoidArthritis flares up and typing gets hard.
To other #Blind folks: how do you remember all of Word’s keyboard shortcuts? I swear I spend more time navigating the ribbon than actually writing. I stick with LaTeX because I can remember commands better than shortcuts.
They said Word’s dictation is accessible, so I’m giving it a shot. But I’m also wondering: what reference managers do you use? I’ve been using #Zotero since it works with #VSCode and LaTeX, but I don’t know how well it integrates with Word — and definitely not with #PowerPoint. My school has me doing a lot of #APA-style presentations lately.
Would love tips from anyone juggling accessibility, citations, and academic workflows.
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@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main You can certainly dictate in Latex as well! There are a number of good dictation programs! There is no way that MS Word is as accurate and as well formatted as Latex! This is not only true for general work but even more so for math and computer science. The analogy I would use is to think about all the Blind people that listened to sighted people state that they don’t need to learn Braille but instead just use audio books.
