[Blindmath] online class ot book for nemeth code?

Mon Aug 8 01:54:36 UTC 2011

Thank, All! Great info!
Maureen Murphy Lewicki
Teacher of Visually Impaired
Bethlehem Central Schools
(518)439-7681
"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another." Helen Keller
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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Gaylen Kapperman [gkapperman at niu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 11:06 AM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] online class ot book for  nemeth code?

Maureen

If you go to
www.tsbvi.edu
and search for the Computerized Nemeth Code tutorial written by me
and my colleagues, you can down load it to you computer...it is
interactive, but people running Windows 7 are having difficulty with
it. It will work on XP.
Gaylen Kapperman

At 03:46 PM 8/6/2011, you wrote:
>HI, Speaking of antiquity, I am, and need to seriously brush up on
>Nemeth. I have the APH manual, but it is daunting. Any suggestins
>for some free tutorials? User friendly manuals? Thanks!
>Maureen Murphy Lewicki
>Teacher of Visually Impaired
>Bethlehem Central Schools
>(518)439-7681
>"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is
>wrought in our life, or in the life of another." Helen Keller
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>From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on
>behalf of Steve Jacobson [steve.jacobson at visi.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:14 AM
>To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for
>recurringdecimal       point in nemeth code?
>
>Wasn't there a repeating decimal sign of 4-5-6 at one point?  I
>gather that must be gone now and that I am showing my antiquity.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Steve Jacobson
>
>On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:47:20 -0400, Susan Mooney wrote:
>
> >Well, there ya go!  Sorry for the miscommunication and I hope I explained it
> >well enough.
>
> >SM
>
> >On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Patti Mitchell <patti at 4dewitt.com> wrote:
>
> >> Yes. Sorry I was in a hurry and should have been more specific. It is a
> >> visual bar over the numbers that indicate the repeating decimal.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Susan Mooney [mailto:susanannemooney at gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 6:54 AM
> >> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> >> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurringdecimal
> >> point in nemeth code?
> >>
> >> Oh!  Now I get it!!!!  In print they put a bar over the portion of the
> >> digits which are repeating!
> >>
> >> Here's an example.  Print is 1.37 with the bar over 37.  In braille you
> >> would write it this way with no spaces:
> >>
> >> 3456 46 5 then you would write the 37 and close it with 126 156 12456
> >>
> >> Again, there would be no spaces.  the dot 5 tells you that a "modified
> >> expression" is coming up and the 126 tells you there is a bar over the 37.
> >> the 156 12456 tells you that is the end of the modified expression.  Some
> >> people refer to it as "closing the expression."  (To remind myself about
> >> doing that, I always say, "Now close it" in my head.)
> >>
> >> That is the long way of writing it.  You may also see a contracted form of
> >> a
> >> modified expression.  For example, suppose you had .46 in print with the
> >> bar
> >> over the 6.  You could write it as this is braille (again, no spaces):
> >>  3456
> >> 46 256 235 156
> >>
> >> To sum it up:  the dot 5 tells you that something's changing, something's
> >> coming up.  You put that *before* whatever it is that you are
> >> changing/modifying.  The 126 tells you that it's a bar over the number(s)
> >> and then the 12456 terminates or ends the modification or change.
> >>
> >> I hope that helps!
> >>
> >> Susan M.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Iqbal Hosen <iqbalrtbd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > hi, patti,
> >> > i asked for braille dots for recurring decimal point not a math
> >> > example. i know that decimal point in nemeth is dot 4, 6. but i asked
> >> > for recurring decimal point. sighted people say there is separate sign
> >> > in print. so i am confused about decimal point and recurring decimal
> >> > point.
> >> > hi, i am confused about another sign and that is difference
> between sign.
> >> > sighted people say that it looks like minus sign. i would be very
> >> > happy if you could please help me in this regard.
> >> > best wishes and regards.
> >> > iqbal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Mitchell" <
> >> > patti at 4dewitt.com>
> >> > To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'" <
> >> > blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:29 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for
> >> > recurringdecimal point in nemeth code?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> A repeating decimal example below
> >> >> 3.142857   #3]<142857:           (a repeating decimal)
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >> >> [mailto:blindmath-bounces@**nfbnet.org<blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org>]
> >> >> On
> >> >> Behalf Of Jose Tamayo
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 5:55 PM
> >> >> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurring
> >> >> decimal point in nemeth code?
> >> >>
> >> >> I will look it up
> >> >>
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> >> >> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
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> >> >> Behalf Of Iqbal Hosen
> >> >> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 8:34 PM
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> >> >> Subject: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurring
> >> >> decimal point in nemeth code?
> >> >>
> >> >> hi,
> >> >> is there anyone using nemeth braille code in this group? i would be
> >> >> very happy if anyone could please tell  me the braille notation for
> >> >> recurring decimal point in neneth code.
> >> >> regards.
> >> >> iqbal.
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