[Blindmath] User perspective for Nemeth Braille Code

[Steve Jacobson]

Ian,

As one who learned Nemeth as a child but has worked with adults who learned it, it is easier to learn it as a child.  In addition, it is easier to learn Nemeth as one starts out in math rather than having to learn 
Nemeth after having learned math as a sighted person.  As another person said, learning what one needs to know of Nemeth Code at a given point makes it very manageable for kids.  An adult who knows a lot 
of math and has to learn Nemeth to catch up with his or her existing math knowledge is more difficult.  I would venture to say, though, that would be true of any math code.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:02:35 -0400, Ian  C. Bray via Blindmath wrote:

>Rebecca,

>Having had to learn NEmeth at 40, I can tell
>you that it isn't  easy.
>There is no "easy" way.
>Start your kids / students early, and insist  on as near perfectin
>as you can manage.

>Rolling & scrolling  on the Perkins is not easy either.
>It takes your students some time to learn how wide the embosser head is,
>and it requires  some
>spatial  skills

>Practice, Practice, Practice...

>Find some way to incentivise to practice-- Perhaps a game or race type of 
>drill?

>I'm also struggling with Nemeth-- all I can say is keep yor  students on top 
>of it.

>Ian



>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Rebecca Maria Carvalho via Blindmath" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:12 AM
>Subject: [Blindmath] User perspective for Nemeth Braille Code


>> Hi,
>> I am a teacher for blind and low vision students.
>> I would like to gauge the user perspective of those using the Nemeth 
>> Braille code to read and write Math.
>> Do students find it cumbersome when typing certain print symbols that 
>> require the use of 3-4 braille cells for one symbol?How is this coped 
>> with?
>> Also, when writing Math vertically, is maintaining alignment and scrolling 
>> easily manageable on the Perkins Brailler. For example when scrolling 
>> to carry over digits. Are there any specific techniques used to manage 
>> this?
>> Do let me know. Thanks!
>> Regards,Rebecca
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