[Blindmath] Results of Using the Perkins

[Alex Hall]

I haven't either. However, the original poster said the computer has
jaws, so it should be easier.

As to Nemeth, I assumed this was not a problem since the student is
putting the work into a Word file anyway, not having it manually
transcribed from braille.

On 2/8/12, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know if I am so terribly inept, (I generally manage just fine
> with all sorts of hardware and software setup), but I have never
> managed to make braille displays work on Windows 7 by way of BrlTTY,
> despite following instructions to theletter.
> At least Ihavenot managed to get this working with Papnmeier 2d and
> Seika (whatever they are called now).
> Give it a shot, but it appears to be a bit tricky.
>
>
> On 2/8/12, Sharon Clark <sharonjackson03 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> It can, but the math will not appear in Nemeth code if this is what you
>> want.
>>
>> Sharon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Julian, Kate
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 1:08 PM
>> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Results of Using the Perkins
>>
>> I didn't know the bn can act as a display from the computer, that is
>> interesting.
>>
>> kj
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Alex Hall
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:01 PM
>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Results of Using the Perkins
>>
>> Why not use the computer straight away, with the brailleNote as a display?
>> This, of course, assumes the screen reader supports the bn.
>>
>> On 2/8/12, Julian, Kate <KJulian at bluevalleyk12.org> wrote:
>>> OK, so picture this, my student is sitting next to me, his BrailleNote
>>> is in his lap as his calculator (he has agreed that he will use the
>>> computer's calculator instead), the computer monitor and keyboard in
>>> front of him so he can key in his work and answers. The Perkins is
>>> also on the desk along with the necessary paper. Then there is the
>>> braille version of the test, his brailled test answers, and now he is
>> trying to make test corrections. YIKES!
>>> We found that he did complete his algebra better using the Perkins and
>>> then transferring his answers to Word so we can read them. But this
>>> method is tedious. I am looking at LiveMath Maker and Scientific
>>> Notebook.  Thank you everybody for your suggestions!
>>>
>>> Have a great day - Kate
>>>
>>>
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