[Blindmath] Techniques for taking Algebra through Calculus?

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
I was asking some other people and they were saying MathType had some
unlabeled buttons.
We were looking at MathType. Does it support anything other than Latex for
input?

What a lot of people do is write out math in their own language such as:

cos(x)^2 + sin(x)^2 = 1

The above is much easier to read then Latex.

But the problem with Latex and the above is when you are working out the
problems, you forget what you have written above and it is a lot of work to
move between lines to remember what you have done.
Thanks,



Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:13 AM, Paul Topping via Blindmath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> MathType (my company's product) will generate MathML and has an
> easy-to-use interface. You can even type a subset of LaTeX if you really
> want to.
>
> Paul Topping
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Dengler via Blindmath [mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 6:09 AM
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> Cc: Bill Dengler <codeofdusk at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Techniques for taking Algebra through Calculus?
>
> Math ML is a machine-readable markup language.
> Generally, people *don’t* write it buy hand. Instead, they use something
> human-friendly (i.e. LaTeX) to generate it.
> Another option is using what I call "calculator notation".
> In this method, the student writes out mathematical equations, solutions
> etc in a text editor in a similar manner to how it would be typed into a
> scientific calculator. For example, parentheses are used to enclose the
> numerator/denominator of a fraction, arguments of a function, etc.
> The quadratic formula in this notation (or at least the version of it I
> used to use before this semester) looks like :
> x=(-bpmsqrt(b^2-4ac))/(2a)
> However, I have started to use LaTeX, since it removes some of the
> ambiguity present in calculator notation with longer problems (I.E. is the
> parenthesis closing the radical or the fraction or what?) So now, I write :
> $x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$
> LaTeX also makes it easier to write limits and sequences/series.
> Before, I would write out limits as if the teacher was reading them out
> loud.
> As x approaches infinity, f(x) approaches l.
> $\lim_{x \to \infty}f(x)=l$
>
> Ultimately, calculator notation is easier to learn but harder to work with
> as you approach calc.
> Learn LaTeX; look up the commands and symbols you need as you need them.
> It’ll make things easier in the long run.
>
> Bill
> > On Feb 25, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs via Blindmath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am looking for some ways my student can use to take Algebra through
> > calculus that does not require a significant investment of time to get
> > up and running.
> > I know about Latex, but from what I have seen, it takes quite a bit of
> > time to learn.
> >
> > Nemeth does not work because my student does not know Braille.
> >
> > The only other option I can think of is having a tutor there, writing
> > out in huge letters, or using manipulatives to explain the concepts. I
> > did this going through Statistics, but it was not fun and currently
> > the student has not had much success with this method.
> >
> > The accessibility person has suggested something using math ML may work.
> > Has anyone worked with math ML before?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
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