[Blindmath] entering college student who wants to major in physics

[Daniel]

Hello,

I am Daniel Gillen, a totally blind student who has just 
graduated from high school in New York City.  As I prepare to 
attend Haverford College in the Philadelphia area as a possible 
physics major, I have always wondered the best way of making math 
materials accessible.  When I was in high school, my Teacher of 
the Visually-Impaired (TVI) would always prepare math worksheets 
through a process that involves converting a Microsoft Word (or 
similar format) file with math in it into a Braille file through 
Duxbury, with all the math text rendered in Nemeth Code.  I have 
asked a blind friend of mine who attends Swarthmore College 
nearby, and he gave me a few suggestions about how to manage 
these types of situations (he does not use Braille primarily).  
He was mentioning a program that converts Nemeth into LaTex so 
that math text which I Braille can then go to an ink printer and 
be handed in standard format to a professor.  However, what I am 
looking for is the reverse-programs like MathType which works 
with Microsoft Word and an importation of the file into Duxbury.  
Are any of you on this list familiar with these programs? I would 
greatly appreciate it if you could give me any suggestions on 
this.  I am seeing the disability services office at Haverford on 
Tuesday, and then preparing for a two-and-a-half-week trip to 
Ireland and won't be back to e-mails until the 26th of the month.

Thank you,
Daniel