[Blindmath] Math graphs

[Bente]

Catalina,
That is unacceptable.  First of all, Pearson has sent out quite a few titles for
alt text for all graphics.  You DSS should check with them to see if your book
is one of those titles.  Secondly, it is possible to make tactile graphs for
those types of classes even if they don't have an embosser that will do
graphics.  I design the graphs in Microsoft word or Geometers sketchpad and then
hand emboss them with two tools that I purchased.  One is a single dot embosser
from Howe Press and the other is a wheel similar to a tracing wheel that would
be used for fabric.  I have done graphs for college equivalents of Algebra I,
algebra II, and also college algebra and statistics.  The teacher could also
make alternative text descriptions of the graphs for you.  There is no reason
for this material to be considered  impossible.

Bente J. Casile
Math Learning Specialist
Disability Support Services
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh NC


On October 1, 2012 at 5:08 AM Catalina Acevedo <fullnessoflife38 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> My name is Catalina. I am taking a math class and use Braille.
> I have a difficult time with my class because the 3 chapters of my math
> textbook at my college are almost entirely graphic. I told the instructor I
> cannot do it since it is very hard to understand the graphs for this
> intermediate to advance algebra class. But they tell me they don’t know how to
> accommodate me. They use MyMathLab, which is not accessible for me.
> Does anyone have any suggestions, please? How does a blind student navigate a
> textbook that has a lot of graphs?
> Thanks a lot,
> Catalina
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