[Blindmath] Mathematica

[Stewart Dickson]

Hi,

At the Wolfram Research Web Site (Just a few blocks away from my office...)
http://search.wolfram.com/?query=Braille&x=0&y=0
I find:
http://www.wolfram.com/news/strickland.html
Blind Optical Physicist Pursues Technical Career with the Aid of Mathematica
> One of these devices is an electronic notepad and display device that 
> enables him to write and review "refreshable Braille." Another is a 
> small camera connected to a tactile display made of vibrating pins 
> that essentially allow him to feel pictures.
> To aid his technical writing, Strickland developed a Mathematica 
> program that converts Braille into rich text. He inputs Braille into 
> his computer with an electronic notepad that stores the Braille in its 
> internal memory. The notepad's electronic display allows Strickland to 
> edit and review the Braille. When he is satisfied with his work, 
> Strickland transfers the electronic Braille to his PC where the 
> Mathematica program converts it to rich text. The rich text can then 
> be manipulated with a word processor. Strickland has also written 
> Mathematica procedures that replace certain character sequences with 
> equations or other graphics. 
He might be the only one who has done this.
I have sent a query to Wolfram Research Technical Support to see if they 
have more
details.

Hope this helps.

-Stewart, http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson
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Liesbeth Blankhart wrote:
> Hello all, 
> I am new to all this. My son Kees is a braille student, 18, he's just started Physics at the university of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and practically the first to do this over here. As you can imagine, we face a lot of challenges. One of them is, the faculty uses the software programme Mathematica, an algebraic calculator. Kees is not able to transfer this programme to his braille device. Does anyone have experience with this, or do you know similar software that does work with a braille device? 
> Kees uses inftyreader to transfer pdf to LateX and is now learning to read this, but it is a slow process. Does it work better with human readable LateX?
> Any other tips are most welcome. Physics and maths are absolutely Kees' talents, bur overcoming all these mountains can sometimes be demotivating. 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Elisabeth Blankhart
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