[BlindMath] Transitioning from Completely Visual Math to Less Visual Math

[Nicholas J]

Thank you to everyone for all the help. I was looking at different braille
displays and saw some that are one, two, three, or four lines. How many
lines would be the best for statistics? I was told before that one line may
not be enough for proofs or long problems that would need different parts
to be seen at once. I wasn't sure if even two, three, or four is enough,
but it seems like there is the choice for only one through four lines. How
good will I need to be in braille before I can use it for statistics?

Thank you,
Nicholas

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Nicholas J <314nick15 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’m considering doing a Master’s in statistics, but I do not want to go
> back to the technology that I used before. I used a cctv to view the board
> and zoomtext as a screen magnifier. All the cctvs I have used have still
> left me not able to see what was happening in most of my classes before and
> zoomtext made things slower for me because of so much magnification. Right
> now I am transitioning to using Jaws for the computer, but I am not sure
> what to do for things like the boards in classes, writing, and things like
> that. I don’t write notes because I am slow at it since I have to write big
> and I usually still can’t understand what I wrote because of how quickly I
> wrote it and how unreadable it is. I have been looking at doing things in
> braille, but am not sure if that is the best way to go. I thought it might
> take a lot of time also to learn it. I still think it may be helpful in
> some situations (maybe graphics which I could almost never discern
> correctly the more complicated they got). I have been reading through all
> the posts here about latex and having Jaws read them and other kinds of
> technologies, but I am not sure what kinds of technology are best for the
> transition of doing everything visually to doing things less visually. My
> vision has always stayed the same, but the field I am working in is
> statistics and it gets very small and specific for notation and everything.
> Main Question: What technology and how can I do math more electronically
> and less visually? I am learning Jaws, braille, and Kurzweil.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nicholas
>