[Blindmath] Data on braille vs. speech use

[Vincent Martin]

Ken,
I was the same.  I am sure that is why it took me so many years to get
diagnosed with my disease.  I literally sat in Physics class and would write
down just a few words.  When someone was out of class and wanted to use my
notes, I would warn them that they were disjointed.  What I should have said
was that there weren't many notes.  The random words I wrote down were there
just to jog my memory.  I am 51 now and still do the same thing.  
I can do the same thing with Braille on spreadsheets though.  I use a 80
cell Braille display and as I touch it I build a mental model of where
everything is and how it lines up.  Half the time I can do the calculations
before I put the equations in.
     

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Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Data on braille vs. speech use

I think as I said in my last email the data would not be good unless people
were tested for how they remember things.  It might be that many people have
to have the written text.  I went through college  and only had to take
notes very seldom.  Friends of mine spent I would say most of their time in
class taking notes and studying them at home.   So how would you do a good
study on this kind of thing.  The person your studying might be good or bad
at math, good or bad at memorization, good or bad at paying attention at
all.

You would have to have a very large group of people to get good information
and we don't have a large group of blind math students to start with after a
certain level.

Ken

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Subject: [Blindmath] Data on braille vs. speech use

Is there any available data on the effectiveness with which people use
braille or speech output for doing high-level algebra? Especially at the
college or grad school level? I am genuinely curious since there are plenty
of strongly-held opinions around but was wondering if there is any data on
the subject.

For everyone's sake, I do hope that there is enough data to show that both
braille and speech can be used equally efficiently and that it depends on
the individual. But I will share my own opinions later.
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