[Blindmath] Statistics

[Lachenbruch, Peter]

Dear all,

After many years of teaching, I have a blind student in my class.  I am using a text by Utts and Heckard "Mind on Statistics" and want to know if there is a Braille edition.  Our disabilities access office is planning to convert the text to Braille, but obviously if there's such an edition already available, it would be great to know about it.

More generally, the disabilities office mentioned that when they get a pdf file of a text, they often must reformat it so their translation software can work.  It struck me that some sort of a clearing house for establishing standards would be good - and then one conversion could serve for all.  I have asked the American Statistical Association committee on Disabilities and Statistics to consider this.

I know that some books are read to tape or CD (my neighbor a few years ago did this for basic math books).  This would be another option.
Tony

Peter A. Lachenbruch
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 541-737-3832
FAX: 541-737-4001