[Blindmath] The LEANMath Editor, making math really accessible

Fri Jun 28 20:40:21 UTC 2013

Bente Casile,
That is awesome.  Will you be at the Science and Engineering division
meeting at convention?

Anna Givens

On 6/28/13, Bente Casile <bente at casilenc.com> wrote:
> I work one on one with students like a tutor. I have a lot of experience
> with teaching to students with learning disabilities. I also work with our
> blind students to make their materials as accessible as possible and make
> tactile graphics or write alternative txt descriptions to help them
> understand the concepts.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Bente J. Casile
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 3:59 PM, Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bente Casile, what is a math learning specialist?
>>
>> Anna
>>
>> On 6/27/13, Sarah Jevnikar <sarah.jevnikar at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>> This looks great! I'd be happy to be a beta tester, as I'm working with
>>> Math
>>> Type and MS word this summer for coursework.
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Blindmath [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Bente Casile
>>> [bente at casilenc.com]
>>> Sent: June 17, 2013 9:49 AM
>>> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] The LEANMath Editor, making math really
>>> accessible
>>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> As a math learning specialist who works with blind students at the
>>> college
>>> level, I have shared in their frustration.  I am very excited to hear
>>> about
>>> your product and also even more excited about the upcoming TI-Orion.  I
>>> have
>>> to say that will be a HUGE value add to our students since all the
>>> teachers
>>> at the college level use TI and expect the students to do the same.  A
>>> sincere thank you from all of us at Wake Tech in Raleigh NC.
>>>
>>> Bente J. Casile
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John
>>> Gardner
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:59 AM
>>> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
>>> Subject: [Blindmath] The LEANMath Editor, making math really accessible
>>>
>>> Hello all, I've been on this list for years hearing over and over and
>>> over
>>> the difficulties of blind people who need to read math and most
>>> particularly
>>> who need to write and manipulate math.  So last year I finally just
>>> decided
>>> to do something about it.  I'm not a software engineer but I can write
>>> simple scripts, so I set about to create a reading/authoring application
>>> that was usable and affordable by anybody.  This new LEAN Math
>>> application
>>> can be a stand-alone editor but is most useful as an interface to
>>> mainstream
>>> math apps.  The first implementation is as an interface to MS
>>> Word+MathType,
>>> the most popular scientific authoring software in the world.  A
>>> preliminary
>>> manual is available at:
>>>
>>> http://www.access2science.com/mathml/LEANMath_Manual.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Today I am announcing that the beta period will open later in June and
>>> would
>>> like to have about a dozen volunteers to beta test it.  If you have a
>>> Windows computer with MS Word and a recent (version 6.5 or later)
>>> version
>>> of
>>> MathType, and are struggling with reading/writing math, I hope you will
>>> volunteer to beta test it.  LEAN is a descendant of the Triangle and
>>> LAMBDA
>>> projects in the sense that there is a special intuitive compact linear
>>> notation.  I believe that anybody who uses a speech screen reader will
>>> be
>>> delighted with LEAN.  If you use Braille, well maybe yes and maybe no.
>>> Because LEAN Braille is not a conventional math Braille.  If it was
>>> possible
>>> to adapt a conventional math Braille to LEAN I would do it, but it just
>>> isn't.  I'll leave it to the list experts to explain why.  LEAN Braille
>>> is
>>> modeled on European computer Braille and has "dot-six" numbers that are
>>> easy
>>> to learn if you want to.  It has symbols for special LEAN characters
>>> that
>>> (I
>>> think) are pretty intuitive but that will have to be learned.  A Braille
>>> lexicon will be included as reference.  One can use either 6 or 8 dot
>>> Braille, which can be derived from each other and can even be mixed. The
>>> 8-dot version is very compact.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> LEANMath will soon be a commercial product available from ViewPlus.  No
>>> cost
>>> licenses will be given to individuals for personal use.  Clearly
>>> ViewPlus
>>> cannot afford to provide any support to free software, and I am hoping
>>> that
>>> this list can become a forum for helping individuals with LEANMath.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm happy to start signing up people for beta testing.  I need to thanks
>>> several people for various bits of help with LEAN including Courtney
>>> Christensen, Kyle Keane, Yuemei Sun, and most particularly Michael
>>> Whapples.
>>> Michael and Yuemei have made the software that connected my
>>> simple-minded
>>> Python script with Word and MathType as well as write the UI.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Gardner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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