[Blindmath] Math graphs

[Gaylen Kapperman]

John, you are so right!
Gaylebn

At 12:18 PM 10/1/2012, you wrote:
>Sorry, but verbal descriptions of graphs used in 
>algebra are seldom useful.  Get tactile 
>diagrams. John Gardner -----Original 
>Message----- From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>[mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) Sent: Monday, 
>October 01, 2012 8:05 AM To: 'Blind Math list 
>for those interested in mathematics' Subject: 
>Re: [Blindmath] Math graphs You will need 
>someone to explain the graphs to you. I'd 
>suggest you ask your professor to do this, 
>explain that you want to understand this, that 
>you can't access the graphs so you'd like them 
>to describe them. Go in with the attitude that 
>you care and want to learn this. -----Original 
>Message----- From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>[mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Catalina Acevedo Sent: Monday, October 01, 
>2012 6:08 AM To: blindmath at nfbnet.org Subject: 
>[Blindmath] Math graphs 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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