[Blindmath] Design Science gets grant to work on math accessibility

[Birkir R. Gunnarsson]

Congrats Neil, good luck with it.


On 5/24/11, Sarah Jevnikar <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> Congratulations! This is very exciting. A great endeavour in the hands of a
> great organization.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Neil Soiffer
> Sent: May 24, 2011 5:13 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: [Blindmath] Design Science gets grant to work on math accessibility
>
> I'm very excited to announce that Design Science, along with Educational
> Testing Service (ETS), received a three year U.S. Department of Education
> grant to work on math accessibility at the middle school level.  Much of
> what we do will apply well beyond middle school and should end up in our
> products for general use.
>
> More information can be found at
> http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/110524.htm
>
> The grant will enable me and others at Design Science to spend more time on
> adding accessibility features to our products.  I look forward to getting
> ideas and suggestions from this group about the topics the grant covers once
> the grant gets underway.
>
> Neil Soiffer
> Senior Scientist
> Design Science, Inc.
> www.dessci.com
> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~
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