[Blindmath] Blindmath Digest, Vol 73, Issue 8

Wed Aug 22 20:41:30 UTC 2012

I am taking calculus 3, Linear Algebra,  and calculus based physics. I
contemplating whether to purchase mathtype whose free trial is close to
running out for 57 dollars or should i just use LYX which i had gotten for
free. Certainly Mathtype's icons seem to be larger.
Thanks very much,
Frank Loeb

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> From: Tara Annis <tannis at afb.net>
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> Subject: [Blindmath] nemeth on braile displays, math OCR,       online
>         learning questions
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> All,
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> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Sara, I believe was your name, thanks for the Calculus worksheet.  I think
> I can make it work with the math OCR by turning into an image since the
>  OCR does need this format.    Someone suggested opening the text file and
> pressing the print screen  button  to capture as an image and then copy and
> paste into a file to use with the math OCR. I also downloaded a .txt to
> image program  as an alternative method.  I'll let you know if either one
> works out.
>
> I did try the bookshare files with braille display over the weekend, only
> the HTML version though, that displays as computer braille.  I'm going to
> download   the BRF file to experiment with.  I'm thinking this one will
> display in nemeth as opposed to the computer braille.
>
> For clarification, the DSS office in the United States is the Disabled
> Student Services office that colleges/ universities have to help out blind
> students.  Their staff can help  a student take notes, read aloud tests and
> other print material, and sometimes scan textbooks and translate them into
> braille.
> I thought these office may have implemented a nationwide braille book
> lending program since they should have a lot of texts that are only used
> once by a blind student and then put away in storage.
>
> The pictures in a flash is a thermoform type machine where a sighted
> person draws a diagram, runs through a machine, and then is turned into a
> raised line diagram.
> I'm curious about tactile diagrams since I would like to find more that
> are tactile.  It seems a lot of the technology makes ones   that have just
> a slight convex line, barely raised off the paper.  I'd also like to find a
> way for a blind person to independent draw diagrams that have a very
> tactile line and do not require a person to  flip over the paper to feel
> the line.
>
> I do have some more questions:
> *Can a person just purchase the  ViewPlus braille translation software
> without the printer to use on a braille display?  I think this is possible
> with Duxbury.  I don't think I will be able to get the funds for the
> embosser so thought this could be an alternative.
>
> *Has NFB put  up the Latex manual on blindscience or other portion  of
> their web site?  They mentioned having it up in the July braille monitor.
>  Are they still planning on doing this?
>
> *Do I have this correct? Is it possible  that after a blind person learns
> Latex, she can type out math that can be read by herself and by sighted
> people?
>
> *last question, Is there any other way for a blind person to type out math
> for a sighted person. Can all the symbols be assigned to a special keyboard
> command?  Has anyone ever tried this method?
> Is there a special type of keyboard with the math symbols assigned to keys?
>
> Thanks,
> Tara
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> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:38:38 +0530
> From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'"
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> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] nemeth on braile displays, math OCR,   online
>         learning questions
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> Hi Tara,
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> See the program called svgDraw01 from http://www.dickbaldwin.com. This
> allows a blind person to drawindependently using scalable vector graphics.
>
> <snip
> *Do I have this correct? Is it possible  that after a blind person learns
> Latex, she can type out math that can be read by herself and by sighted
> people?
> PL] Yes though you may want to convert the output to PDF for sighted people
> who do not know LaTex.
>
> Pranav
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