[Blindmath] Finding and Working with Readers in Recording Mathematical Material

Madeleine Rothberg madeleine_rothberg at wgbh.org
Fri Nov 12 13:43:48 UTC 2010


Hi Tina,
Once you find a reader, you might want to ask them to read a set of
guidelines my organization published, Effective Practices for Description of
Science Content with Digital Talking Books. We did research with blind
scientists and advanced students and came up with some guidance on how to
effectively describes graphs and figures. We also link to information on
spoken mathematics.

You'll find the guidelines here:
http://ncam.wgbh.org/experience_learn/educational_media/stemdx

-Madeleine

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Madeleine Rothberg
Project Director
WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
http://ncam.wgbh.org
madeleine_rothberg at wgbh.org


On 11/11/10 11:41 PM, "Tina Hansen" <th404 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I know some of you have been, and are still, using a reader to read parts of
> mathematics texts, since most assistive technology alone can't cope with
> mathematical symbols. If you've used readers to help with texts, what do you
> look for in a reader? How do you find one, and how do you help them read
> mathematical formulas clearly and accurately.
> 
> I'm thinking that I'd either use the reader in the live setting with a voice
> recorder, or send the text with a reader and a voice recorder so they could
> record it themselves. Which approach do you think is better, and why?
> 
> As most of us are aware, assistive tech alone can't interpret graphs or
> figures, but a good reader can. If you've needed figures described by a
> reader, how do you work with them to ensure that they describe figures and
> graphs so they can be understood?
> 
> Any advice on these questions would be helpful. Thanks.
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