[Blindmath] math tools

[Neil Soiffer]

Peter,

You left off MathPlayer[1] from your list -- it is a free plug-in for
Internet Explorer that works with lots of assistive technology[2]  to
generate speech for math. It is widely used in the US[3].

We are going to release an international version of MathPlayer near the end
of April.  It has support for about 12 different languages.  The
translations were done by volunteers and we are interested in supporting
more languages.  If you would be interested in doing a translation to
Hungarian, please contact me.

The languages we think we will have support for in MathPlayer are:
English
German (could use some additional work -- volunteers?)
Greek
Spanish
Danish
French
Italian
Finish
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Dutch
Japanese
Chinese

If anyone on the list would like to do a translation to a language not on
that list, please contact me.  Translations take between one and three
weeks, depending on your speed and on how complete a job you want to do for
the very long list of Unicode math characters.  There is only fame and glory
in doing a translation -- no fortune.

     Neil







[1] www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/manual.htm
[2] www.dessci.com/en/solutions/access/atsupport.htm
[3] accessiblemath.dessci.com/2011/01/mathplayer-usage-takes-off.html



On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Peti Peti <edelweis85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am a student of the Szent István University in Hungary, Békéscsaba and I
> study economic engineering. I would like to write my BSc Thesis on the
> technical equipments helping for blind and low vision users. I am
> especially
> interested in how these equipments are used in the Mathematics education.
>
>
>
> During my research I found some information about the following programs:
> MathDaisy, WinTriangle, Lambda Project, MathTrax, and AGC Software.
> Unfortunately these programs are not available in Hungarian language; as a
> result in Hungary these programs are not used for Mathematic teaching or
> learning. Therefore in Hungary I could not find anyone to help with their
> opinion and experience of the above mentioned programs.
>
>
>
> I would like to ask your help and provide information about your personal
> experience of these or any similar software or other methods used in
> education. I am especially interested in the advantages and disadvantages
> of
> the programs. If you do not have any experience of the subject, I would
> greatly appreciate if you forward my email to someone who has used this (or
> any similar) programs during learning.
>
>
>
> I am looking forward to your answer.
>
>
>
> Yours faithfully
>
>
> Peter Deutsch
>
>
> Email :peter.deutsc at gmail.com
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