[Blindmath] Availability of college level math text books inBraille, sufficient to recommend it as something to check?

[patti at 4dewitt.com]

Braille books are usful at the students home base, as long as you can get them in time for their classes. There always seems to be a lag. From when they start classes and then get their materials. So I take the multi tech aproach that also works well as a multi sensory approach to learning. Everything depends on the student's desire to use them and their access to them. At college level it is hit or miss!
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From: "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" <birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:48:59 
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Subject: [Blindmath] Availability of college level math text books in
 Braille, sufficient to recommend it as something to check?

Hi all

The Youth Slam lecture construction has certainly drawn my attention
to various issues I had not thought off previously (a god thing, I
suppose).
One such is whether to even suggest inquiring through APH, National
Braille Press or others for hardcopy versions of math text books in
Braille.
For one thing I have a calculus braille book 800 pges print, in 3
boxes and need our storage space to keep boxes I amnot using, so this
is very impractical.
For another, I simply do not know if there s sufficient quantity
available of books to suggest students try this.
Either way I am listing it as a last resort, behind elecronic files
from Publishers, InftyReader scanning of hard or electronic files,
using readers and checking with RFB&D (Learning Ally) and Bookshare.

If anyone has any comments on this, I'd be happy to see 'em.
Thanks
-Birkir
p.s. great discussion threat on how to perform transformations and
calculations, I will incorporate all suggestions into the eventual
presentation.

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