[Blindmath] Texts for learning basic college mathematics

[Natalie Hanisch]

I have been tutoring university mathematics for four years, and I am pretty
confident that there is no such thing as a comprehensive math textbook. If
you can find a book that is "good enough" and then find someone who can
answer your questions about the ambiguities, I think that's the best bet.

Natalie

P.S- I've also been on this list for a while, about two years I think, and
this is the first time I've said anything.


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Brian Richwine via Blindmath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I've heard that Pearson has supposedly "Accessible" HTML math books. I'm
> wondering if anyone has tried them to see how usable they really are.
>
> -Brian
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:49 PM, sabra1023 via Blindmath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > I tried using them. It's true that they describe all the formulas and
> > graphs, but their audio was very awkward and a lot of times there were
> > ambiguities in the reading. Also, to do your homework you want to see
> what
> > you're doing on MBraille display, so you have to listen to what they say,
> > then copy down the problem which takes a lot of time. I am interested in
> > this too because I've never found any textbook to be comprehensive. I
> heard
> > the Singapore math curriculum is a very good, but I don't know how it
> would
> > work for blind people. I've never even heard of it being made accessible.
> >
> > > On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:42 PM, "Smith, Andrew via Blindmath" <
> > blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > While I don't have a specific book in mind, you might consider looking
> > > at Learning Ally.  All of their math books are DAISY-based audiobooks
> > > with described formulas, graphs, and figures.  I have found their
> > > content to be extremely helpful, both for algebra and what I'm
> > > currently taking, calculus.
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > >> On 6/5/14, Kathy Roskos via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >> Hello list members,
> > >>
> > >>     My name is Kathy. I have subscribed to this list for a while, but
> > this
> > >> is my first post.
> > >>
> > >>     I am planning to take a basic college mathematics CLEP test in
> > order to
> > >> opt out of taking the courses in my college curriculum. I am generally
> > very
> > >> challenged by math. Can anyone recommend a good textbook, either in
> > braille
> > >> or digital format which is comprehensive, yet easily accessible for a
> > blind
> > >> person to learn math concepts? I use the library of congress and
> > subscribe
> > >> to book share, but many audio books often say "formulas omitted". Any
> > >> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Kathy
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