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

[Derek Scott Riemer]

No screen reader on the market knows how to work with multiple line braille
displays as of this time.

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 7:59 PM, John Gardner via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi, I am unaware of any braille displays with more than one line. Do you
> have references? One word of caution. Having multiple lines is useful only
> if the software displays information the way it needs to be displayed
> semantically. This is not at all automatic, so even if you spent a lot of
> money to purchase a multiple-line display, it could be not very useful if
> the lines are not properly aligned. I don't even know how to ask the right
> questions to find out.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Nicholas J via BlindMath
> Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 12:33 PM
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Nicholas J <314nick15 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Transitioning from Completely Visual Math to Less
> Visual Math
>
> 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
> >
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