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"95-99% of mathematicians use LaTeX. Microsoft Equation Editor is restrictive and less efficient. But how do we make LaTeX accessible?"
— Mathematics Professor, r/Professors (47 upvotes)
"I did everything in latex... to publish papers one has to write it in latex anyway because journals will not accept braill for publication."
— Blind PhD in Astrophysics, r/accessibility
LaTeX isn't optional—it's the only way to publish in STEM. The problem isn't LaTeX source (which is accessible), but making LaTeX output accessible to blind readers.
April 2026 Deadline: 3 months to make all equations accessible
\int_0^\infty e^{-x^2} dx = \frac√π{2}Screen reader output: "Backslash int underscore zero caret backslash infty..."
Completely unintelligible to blind students.
"Integral from 0 to infinity of e to the negative x squared, dx, equals square root of pi over 2"
This requires MathML with ARIA labels — not raw LaTeX.
95%+
Of mathematicians use LaTeX exclusively
100%
Of LaTeX equations are inaccessible without conversion
3 months
Until April 2026 WCAG 2.1 compliance deadline
Blind researchers can and do write LaTeX. LaTeX source code is plain text, which works perfectly with screen readers and terminal-based editors.
"I am using emacs and emacspeak... There I do text editing and coding in whatever programming language I want, writing and compiling latex to produce reports and papers."
— Blind PhD in Astrophysics, r/accessibility
The real problem: Making LaTeX OUTPUT accessible
We don't change how faculty write LaTeX (terminal workflows remain the same). We convert LaTeX output to MathML with ARIA labels, making it accessible to screen readers.
Benefits both blind authors (who can verify their output is accessible) and blind readers (who can consume STEM content)
Faculty have thousands of LaTeX documents built over 10-20+ years. You can't ask them to manually re-enter every equation in Equation Editor.
Average math course: 500+ equations. Manually retyping = 40-80 hours per course.
Microsoft Equation Editor doesn't support:
STEM faculty write papers in LaTeX, collaborate in LaTeX, publish in LaTeX. Forcing them to switch tools for only teaching content creates friction.
"I'm considering removing all slide presentations and images from Canvas courses rather than jump through hoops."
— Faculty member, r/Professors (47 upvotes)
Bulk upload .tex files, PDFs with embedded LaTeX, or PowerPoint with equations
Aelira parses LaTeX syntax (including amsmath, amssymb, physics packages)
Converts to MathML with ARIA labels for screen reader compatibility
Get WCAG 2.1 AA compliant HTML ready for Canvas/Blackboard/D2L
YuJa, Blackboard Ally, and accessiBe don't support LaTeX. Aelira does.
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See how Aelira converts LaTeX to accessible MathML in seconds. Join 500+ universities preparing for April 2026.