[Blindmath] Reading, Doing and Writing math for a newcomer

[Louis Maher]

Hello,

As far as working with math, Braille is your most powerful tool.  It is
extremely difficult to do math by ear.  You will need to master the Nemeth
code so that you can read/write and understand equations, and be able to
take your own notes.  You will need portable Braille displays and
notetakers.


Regards
Louis maher


-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Philip So
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:10 PM
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] Reading, Doing and Writing math for a newcomer

Hello All,
My name is Philip.  I am rather new to this and would appreciate it
very much if you could advise me on how to make math texts accessible
by ear, do math and write math with the computer.  I began using JAWS
and reading very simple Braille 2 months ago.  Previously for many
years, I was able to read large print and had been using Zoom-Text.
My Bachelor's degree is in Economics, and I don't want my most recent
vision loss to stop my plan to pursue a graduate degree in a
quantitative-leaning social science field in the near future.
I have come across names like Infty Reader, Abby Fine, Chatty Infty,
WinTriangle, Daisy, Math Daisy, etc. and would especially appreciate
if you could share with me how all these work together to do the 3
tasks: read math texts, math equations and tables by ear, do math, and
write math.
Thank you very much for your very kind help.
Best regards,
Philip
Email: pcs2001 at caa.columbia.edu

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