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I am currently in my last year at school, but am pretty sure that I will taking Maths in college next year. I have cerebral palsy and currently relay on my teaching assistants to scribe for me because of all the notations etc. Whilst I know it is possible to do equations and things on MS Word it is rather time consuming and there are some limitations, especially now that I am starting an FSMQ course.

Having a scribe is absolutely fine is lessons, but when it comes to the exams - the exam boards are so strict that I literally have to describe every notation, even if the scribe knows what I mean. So I am looking for some software that will, essentially, do what my scribe is doing now. I realise that nothing will probably be as fast as a scribe, but even if just I use it in the exam, it would be much easier for me than explaining every notation.

I can type faster than I can use the mouse, so if possible, I'd like the software to be as keyboard based as possible. Any solutions, suggestions, or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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    I've had a quic$k$ look at LyX but it looks a bit heavy and cumbersome considering that TexWorks does basically the same thing, from what I can see. You're probably right about not needing the live rendering once I get more confident anyway. Thanks for your help2012-09-29

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Have you considered learning LaTex ? It's free, there is lots of online support, it's the standard for producing journal-quality mathematical output, and if you intend studying maths at college/university then it definitely be useful for your assignments and homework too. There is a bit of a learning curve, but if you use it often you will be able to master it quite quickly and you don't need to use a mouse.

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    Thank you for those links. Really useful to have. Thanks again2012-09-30