[Blindmath] accessible online math resources

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Thanks for the info, all that have posted. I'm going to check and see 
what I can get out of the online stuff first--listening to RFBD is 
something I'd rather not do, especially if there is a way to see it 
online or even in braille.
On 5/11/2011 7:50 AM, Ken Perry wrote:
>
> I was waiting for other replies to this because I accidently deleted the question.  Anyway I know most hate learning math from recordings but I did all my college work with the RFBD tapes.  I found them very good.  Now that most are online for downloading It might be a good resource.  The hard part is knowing where to start so you don't get lost.    I guess  start where you are in school and see  how far you can get without help.  Do not think for a second you cannot do this math without Braille.  I made it through college without Braille because sorry but I have only been blind half of my 40 years and Braille hates me almost as much as I hate it.  Not to mention I took the math classes before I seriously got into Braille.
>
> So if your let's say at Algebra II  level you could look for a course like algebra in a college then look at the books they are using.  You will be amazed at how many of them are actually recorded and being that math doesn't change that much you can pick old books or new it really doesn't matter just find one that explains things well.   I remember one of the Calculus books the reader would actually stop and correct errors in the books which I found amusing.
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stephen L Noble
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:53 AM
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org; tyler at tysdomain.com
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] accessible online math resources
>
> Design Science has a page which lists several online math courses built with MathML. I don't have enough familiarity with the sites to comment on other accessibility aspects of the sites mentioned (e.g., use of alt text on images, navigation intelligibility, etc.), but at least all the math equations will be accessible if you are using Internet Explorer with MathPlayer. Here's the page:
> http://www.dessci.com/en/reference/webmath/resources.htm
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --Steve Noble
>
>>>> "Littlefield, Tyler"<tyler at tysdomain.com>  5/10/2011 1:38 AM>>>
> hello all:
> I have had some rather fragmented math between algebra and algebra2, not
> to mention I haven't done much in it for a while. I took a refresher
> course this year in college, but I have a question. I'm pretty good at
> math, especially when I can read something and then work examples, and
> check my answer, I have a friend who is willing to help out some, but he
> can't teach me everything. So this leads me to a question; are there
> resources out there for algebra, trig and calculous? I want to teach
> myself what I don't know and just pass through what I can so I can test
> out of some of these classes, as well as use the knowledge for other
> projects. I have been into software development for a few years now, and
> I have started looking into cryptography; as that is based entirely on
> math, I want a good understanding of what I need as well as resources to
> teach me what I don't know.
>
> I have checked google a few different times. One of the first things I
> remember looking into was vectors, and I have checked into this a few
> times since. I want to get into audio game development, and I will need
> vectors in order to coordenate movements through out the game world, as
> well as define the position from which sounds are played. While I found
> some useful information and some code to help me out, a lot of what I
> found was pictures which rendered the information pretty much useless.
> There weren't just pictures of the vectors, but often the formulas and
> calculations themselves would be a picture with no alt-tag so that I can
> read it with either a screen reader or a braille display.
>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>


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