[Blindmath] Homework for College Class

Tue Jan 24 12:59:21 UTC 2012

Hello:

     The idea of a program to deal with braille nemeth sounds interesting. I wonder if a nemeth to latex translator would be a good idea. If the output could then be edited in Word, students would have a nice package. Of course MathType would be needed to make the output usable for the sighted.

Regards,

Robert

Robert Jaquiss
National Federation of the Blind 
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230 
Phone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2422

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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:23 AM
To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Homework for College Class

Hmm I wonder if it would be a good idea to write a simplified editor for
Latex for this exact problem?  If yes what would people like to see in it?
Would it be good to be able to read in nemeth Braille files as well as being
able to input formula's?  Any ideas for those of us who are programmers?

Ken  

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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tim in 't Veld
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:56 AM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Homework for College Class

Lanie,
LateX is the standard for producing mathematical documents on many 
universities. I highly recommend you learn it. Unlike some self invented 
shorthand lateX allows you to express any mathematical expression 
unambiguously. LateX will also benefit you when you are writing a thesis 
because you'll be able to get a perfect layout just by coding correctly 
rather than having to check it on the screen.

You can write lateX in any text editor, and you can convert it into PDF 
using the pdflatex command line program which comes with mictex.
I hear TeXnic center is accessible and could make your job easier.
There are many lateX tutorials which can get you started.
Tim
On 1/24/2012 5:51 AM, Lanie wrote:
> I only tried ones specificly for math such as LaTeX and Scientific 
> Notebook, but that's a good idea to use shorthand in a regular 
> workprocessor.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Hall <mehgcap at gmail.com
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics 
> <blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:45:09 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Homework for College Class
>
> What programs have you tried for wordprocessing? I can't think of any 
> that nvda won't work with.  Even Notepad should do the trick, even if 
> you have to use a shorthand for some symbols, such as sr(x) for square 
> root of x.
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex (msg sent from my iPod)
> mehgcap at gmail.com; //facebook.com/mehgcap
>
> On Jan 23, 2012, at 23:25, Lanie <readtobuild at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, all.  I was wondering if anyone can help with this.  I'm taking a 
> calculus class in college, where I've just done "so homework and now 
> have it in Braille.  I'm not beure how to transcribe it into a format 
> my professor can read though.  Does anyone have any suggestions.  So 
> far, I thought of using a computer program where I could type it out 
> and email it to him, but I haven't found one that's accessible with 
> NVDA, the screen reader I use.  My second option would be reading it 
> all out loud on to a digital recorder and emailing it to him, but 
> that's just really tedious.  Also, I've thought about getting a reader 
> and scribe, but that will make me tied down to someone, and with my 
> schedule, that won't really work.  I would really appreciate any help 
> ASAP.  Thanks.
>
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