[Blindmath] Performing calculations as a blind students, tips, tricks and advice for the NFB Youth Slam

[Susan Jolly]

I noticed that no one mentioned using a slate and stylus.  Wouldn't that be
most like using pencil and paper? I'm far from being a high school student
but, like the students Steve mentioned, I still find that sketching out a
rough solution on pencil and paper is often the best way for me to start
making progress on solving a problem.

I'm also a big fan of working things out with Fortran pseudo-code or
something similar so I can use as many intermediate variables as desired in
order to not have to rewrite complex expressions.  This strategy also makes
it possible to minimize the amount of change going from one step to the next
which has the advantage of reducing the amount of information I have to keep
track of mentally.

Susan