[Blindmath] AP Statistics

[Roopakshi Pathania]

Hi Sean,

Is it possible for you to generate the common statistical distributions in Excel and then emboss it in Braille?
I use the Excel tables with my screen reader. There are also accessible online tables such as those found here.
http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/

Not getting into the philosophical issues raised by the phenomena called over-compensation by the blind, there are also online resources for statistics. Provided that your student can comprehend MathML or TeX, the student can always navigate to a website providing Statistics material in an accessible format, and then take notes in Braille.

As John said, once publishers adopt the ePub format for producing books with mathematical content, it will to some extent level the playing field.

There are also some efforts for making Math accessible within PDF documents. The PDF/UA committee is suppose to be doing something in this regard.
http://pdf.editme.com/PDFUA

Regards
--- On Tue, 9/21/10, Sean Tikkun <jaquis at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Sean Tikkun <jaquis at mac.com>
> Subject: [Blindmath] AP Statistics
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 7:46 PM
> I am looking for Braille materials
> related to AP Statistics.  Namely z and t score charts
> and the formula sets.  Some of the formulas are
> particularly unwieldy in Nemeth.  As a sighted teacher
> who is a mathematician I'm wanting to prepare my student
> well for what he will need to do and access in College.
> 
> I'm getting the materials from the College Board.  But
> it seemed very inequitable that sighted people could
> download  PDF instantly, and a blind person would need
> to call in a request and be on the phone for over an hour to
> get the same materials in braille.  Am I crazy or
> shouldn't there be a BRF and TXT file right next to that
> PDF?  In  perfect world that is...
> 
> Any help, advice or experience would be appreciated.
> 
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