[Blindmath] hydraulic full screen braille display

Sun Jul 11 06:51:01 UTC 2010

Peter,
I don't know if you've experienced this, but sometimes people with  
vision overestimate how much they use it, especially for things like  
this. One-line displays are ok for math, unless equations are longer  
than the display itself. Graphs are another matter, but I don't think  
there's a way to make those work with electronic means anyway. You'll  
have to get someone to create them with stickywick or other craft-like  
material. Most higher-level maths don't use graphs anyway, because  
they work in n dimensions. Braille displays the size of a full sheet  
of paper would certainly make navigation between equations easier, but  
I don't think they'll be available for some time.
Did you look at those links I sent you? What did you think? There's  
been lots of talk of R as well. Use it for statistics mainly. Also,  
Math Type from Design Science is an easy way of writing things in  
LaTeX and having them translated to math symbols instantly. Thanks to  
others on this list I have that info; I definitely wouldn't otherwise.  
Have you decided how you will learn the material? Audio or Braille or  
LaTeX or other systems? How do you want to submit your work for  
marking? If you can narrow it down it'll make things more manageable.

Quoting Peter Wolfe <sunspot005 at gmail.com>:

> Ryan and or others:
>
>
>
>     Good some contribution to what I had to say for once about
> something with substance. Can you backup your claim? Give us an
> example of your matrices. I'm not sure what a matrices would be or
> anything at all for that matter. I guess you are refering to a matrix
> by chance? Also, my understanding of calculus with Derivatives and
> integrals have functions and these are for acceleration and velocity
> with surely other process in a four quadrant x, y and etc. I'd like to
> see what you can do in a one to four line display in braile and
> especially just a one line display that will be comprehendable to you
> in the long run. I remember when I took precalculus I had problems
> that on print would take up nearly a page or page and a half with a
> calculuator with sighted assistance with the visual aspects of the
> beast. Surely you could enlighten us all on your method?
>      I think the best way of doing mathematics of the advanced level
> is to see it all in one point going down as you go latterially. I
> cannt see that horizontally at all other than standard mathematics at
> all. I'm confused to what you mean and who could properly teach such
> methods to anyone in a understandable way. I'll find out when I
> actually take the classes right? This is conforting to someone who
> likes to be prepared for everything on the ground running. I mean I'm
> just confused to what aspects are visual and what aren't and from what
> I've heard from mainly sighted people that it's got lots of   room for
> interpretation of graphs wit connecting two or so things to make up a
> unique answer to this issue. How could that be done in another format
> translated and you create a solution with your answer? Thanks for
> further information you can shead on this crutial issue.
>
> sincerely,
> Peter
>
> On 7/10/10, Ryan Thomas <rlt56 at nau.edu> wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>>    I've read a lot of comments lately about the difficulty of doing
>> higher mathematics with a one or even four line braille display.  It's
>> entirely possible.  I understand that matricies are spacial, but even
>> they can be visualized in a row and column format using a one line
>> display.  Outside of matricies most math that I can thing of isn't
>> complicated by a one line read out.  Derivatives and integrals can
>> both be done.  In calc III there is a lot of visualization of three
>> dimentional figures, but even sighted students have to contend with
>> that issue and it's kind of the nature of the math itself.  I don't
>> think it's an accurate claim that the more complex math cannot be done
>> with the one line display.  I think you'll find the same as you
>> actually take the classes.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>    Ryan
>>
>> On 7/9/10, Peter Wolfe <sunspot005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Le,
>>>
>>>
>>>     I've read about this project some cause my Program for Students
>>> with Disabilities assistant sent me an e-mail from North Carolina
>>> State University. Well, I think if you used simplication using
>>> standard Logic 101 you can tell that it's a dot conjuction meaning
>>> both must be true necessarily. Well, I think it should be a
>>> disjunction conjunction with an or cause it's only the braille with
>>> especially the four line proposal on the table now. Nothing was stated
>>> about images in the article and that is unfortunately ashame. However,
>>> it's something to expand our mind around for the time being. Images
>>> are  very abstract and hard to join together. The proposed 4 line
>>> display is going to be useful in simple mathematics and some algebra
>>> from simple deduction and not so much on high end mathematics at this
>>> stage of development.
>>>
>>> On 7/8/10, qubit <lauraeaves at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> The following link was the topic of discussion on the sci-tech list a
>>>> while
>>>> back. If you want to know more, such as if/when it will be productized,
>>>> ask
>>>> Sina Bahram.
>>>> I wonder if this could do both braille and graphics.  The technology is
>>>> coming, if people demand it.
>>>> --le
>>>>
>>>> Hydraulics Could Enable Fullscreen Braille Display | Gadget Lab |
>>>> Wired.com
>>>> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/braille-display/
>>>>
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