[Blindmath] Homework for College Class

[Michael Whapples]

My experience would suggest the same. However this doesn't stop them buying 
in the service, either by hiring someone with the skills or by going to a 
company to provide transcription services.

The only other thing in this though is the time it can take for getting 
transcription, the timescales can be just so long that it would be useless 
anyway as you wouldn't be able to keep up with the class.

Bringing a legal challenge may resolve the matters, but its something 
probably most would prefer not to have to do (from both time and effort). 
Also I have to admit I am not one who believes in relying on 
backtranslation, every translation step increases the risk of an error being 
introduced. OK, LaTeX may be another input system which is translated, 
however its got a wider user base and so the tools are more likely to be 
mature and free of bugs and potentially better for warning you of errors in 
your input (I say potentially because I know some LaTeX errors can be quite 
cryptic). Also in the event of an error because of faulty input by using a 
neesh input system others will be less likely to be able to refer to your 
original to confirm what was actually written or to help you correct the 
error.

Michael Whapples

-----Original Message----- 
From: Amanda Lacy
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:33 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Homework for College Class

You mean there are colleges where people in the OSD know Braille? Mine just
rely on their machines.

Amanda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jolly" <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Homework for College Class


> I'm sure people on this list are tired of my pointing this out but if you 
> are in the United States, your college has a legal obligation to convert 
> your homework from braille (assuming it is standard braille and not your 
> personal shorthand) to something your professor can read. You need to 
> contact your Disability Services office ASAP.
>
> Perhaps next time you aren't taking classes you might invest the effort to 
> learn one of the various methods of producing print mathematics.
>
> Best wishes,
> SusanJ
>
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