[Blindmath] Math editing and conversion

[Blind Collegian]

Hello,
I registered for an Algebra class and my instructor is not familiar with
LaTeX and wants to know if there are any means of doing math more
efficiently using a certain computer program to create math equations and
expressions.
Is there a computer-based math program that does not have a lot of learning
curve? I want to be able to use it in Braille and either print it or email
it to the instructor.
I have a BrailleNote, but at this point I do not have the ability to print
Nemeth Code straight out of the device without any translation happening in
the background. Any ay advice would be greatly appreciated.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Williams" <robster3 at hotmail.com>
To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'"
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Spss 16 nightmare


> Vincent,
>  Yes, R can do everything that SPSS can do (almost certainly) and probably
> more if you use the various freely-distributed packages available. It is
> accessible to a large degree, especially if you run the back-end terminal
> (rterm.exe) found in the /bin directory.
>  I don't know for sure, but there is almost certainly a plugin to enable
> you to read SPSS files. Check out the r-project website. If I am wrong and
> there isn't, just export the output to some common format and import it
> with
> R.
>  HTH
>
> Robin Williams.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Jared Wright
> Sent: 31 January 2009 22:20
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Spss 16 nightmare
>
> Vincent, Is your instructor not using the standard JDK distributed by
> Sun for developing Java? If that's the compiler being used, and I've no
> idea why it wouldn't be, you should be able to just compile from the
> command line with javac. Of course, if you like the interactive
> environment of Eclipse, that's another story but if it's merely because
> of compilation problems, this might be preferable.
>
> Will be happy to help further off list, but I venture beyond the scope
> of this community now.
>
> Best,
> Jared
>
> vincent wrote:
>> Hello:
>> I am taking a quantitative research methods and Engineering Psychology
> class
>> this semester and both are requiring me to use SPSS version 16 to
> calculate
>> results.  I have done everything imaginable to make SPSS talk enough for
> me
>> to use, but to no avail.  I have installed the old scripts and the Java
>> access bridge.  It speaks somewhat, but not enough to truly function.
>> The
>> disability services office took my advice and is going to provide me a
>> reader to read the screen for me, so I can at least complete my homework.
>
>>
>> Does anyone know if the statistical package "R: can do the same things
> that
>> SPSS will do?  Also, will it read a .sav Spss file or will I have to try
> and
>> export the data from the spss file.
>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, because I just don't have
>> the
>> time to do all the research this weekend myself.  I have to spend time
>> catching up in my JAVA programming class.  Of curse the compiler the
> school
>> is using was written in JAVA and does not speak enough to use.  I have
> moved
>> on to Eclipse and am happily coding away.
>>
>>
>>
>> "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you'll
>> be
> a
>> Man, my son!"
>>
>> Rudyard Kipling
>>
>>
>>
>>
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