[Blindmath] entering college student who wants to major inphysics

[Daniel]

Thank you, Lauren.  I have heard about Scientific Notebook, but 
my main goal is for me to be able to receive a math worksheet 
written in a mainstream format (such as Microsoft Word) and bring 
it into Duxbury without sighted assistance.  I know, since I will 
be taking at least one class with math material in it (a calculus 
class and a physics class most likely in the same semester), I 
will have to process these sheets in an efficient manner.  My 
vision teacher has said that Scientific Notebook is easier to use 
in providing worksheets to a student rather than the student 
processing the worksheet for himself/herself.

In the meantime, though, I am still learning more about MathType 
as it is the program which I requested from the New York State 
Commission for the Blind for use in college.

Thanks again,
Daniel

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Opra, Lauren" <opral at aaps.k12.mi.us
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 08:12:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] entering college student who wants to 
major inphysics

Hi Daniel,

Part of my job is Brailling math worksheets for a middle school
student.  We use a program called scientific notebook.  You can 
scan in
or enter text and math and then import it into Duxbury and 
translate
it as a LaTex file.  It is a bit of a picky program, as you have 
to
specify what parts of a document should be in Nemeth and which 
parts
should not (for example the "1" for question number 1 would be in
Nemeth but the period following it would not) before translating 
it in
Duxbury.  I hope this is helpful.  Please let me know if you have 
any
questions about Scientific Notebook.

Lauren Opra

On 7/1/12, Daniel <danielgillen at rcn.com> wrote:
 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

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