[Blindmath] The tides are turning!

[Rosanne Hoffmann]

This is great news - I use Pearson texts for both of my classes at the university.

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:50 PM
To: 'Bente'; 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!

Good to hear I know from talking to some of the Pearson group that they are working hard to get their texts to all be accessible so this is great news.

ken

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bente
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:44 PM
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!

I am posting this because I know that many of us on the list have been waiting, wishing, and hoping for a math text that was easily and fully accessible.  I have just tested the text College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences, 4th Edition written by Ronald J.
Harshbarger.  The book is fully accessible including alternative text descriptions for all graphics!  I have to confess that I am not a JAWS expert so I had my best success with my Ipad and Voice Over.  As an example of how good it reads is that when reading a table, Voice over will go back and read the column heading before reading the information.  Even if  a college is not using this text it is nice to know that a student could purchase it to learn from.  It has been my experience that our students will continually search the web for alternatives to understand information when their course material is lacking in accessibility.  The book is published by Pearson Publishing. This is not a commercial for Pearson Publishing, it is a celebration of something long awaited.

Bente J. Casile
Math Learning Specialist
Disability Support Services
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh NC
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