[Blindmath] Math word norms

[Pranav Lal]

Hi Ruchi,
Assuming your son is using a screen reader, you do not need a
thousands seperator. The synthesizer or the screen reader can handle
this.

Pranav

On 3/14/12, Ruchi Patil <ruchi_patil at samruddha.net> wrote:
> Dear all,
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> I am a mother of a 8 year old kid, in an inclusive school setup. For early
> maths, he used marvel math, and for grades 1 and 2, he used hentermath vp
> arithmetic. He has been pretty comfortable with all this.
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> Now, we have multiplication sums, and being a computer user, I type them in
> word for him, here I use asterisk symbol for multiply.
>
> Since he has fill in the blanks, I use x for a blank, so its easy to delete
> and fill in with the answer.
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> Also, for minus I use the dash sign.
>
> Now he has numbers in thousands, so if I use commas here, it reads as
> characters.
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> Are there any norms to be followed? Are there any ready reckoner guides that
> I can refer. I had once seen something, but have been trying to look for it
> with no avail, so please help me regarding this.
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> Regards,
>
> Ruchi
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