[BlindMath] CAS calculator recommendations needed

[Doug and Molly Miron]

    So what is a CA calculator?---Doug Miron


-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Dengler via BlindMath
Sent: Friday, April 7, 2017 5:58 PM
To: Lisa Brandt
Cc: Bill Dengler ; Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] CAS calculator recommendations needed

I don’t think such a device exists because few blind people do math beyond 
the k-12 level.

Bill
> On Apr 7, 2017, at 10:09 PM, Lisa Brandt <lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Bill. Yep, so far, I am coming up empty on finding such a 
> device.
>
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Bill Dengler <codeofdusk at gmail.com 
> <mailto:codeofdusk at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Never heard of an accessible handheld CAS device.
> Personally, I use Wolfram Alpha as a CAS through a custom Skype bot I 
> wrote.
> It is not publicly released yet though, and has limitations.
>
> Bill
> > On Apr 7, 2017, at 7:30 PM, Lisa Brandt via BlindMath 
> > <blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am an accessibility technician at Portland Community College, and a
> > lurker on this list. We have a student who has very low vision, and is
> > taking an Elementary Functions class. We have an Orion TI-84 Plus 
> > Talking
> > Graphing Calculator available for loan, but the instructor strongly
> > recommends a calculator with a computer algebra system. The TI-Nspire CX
> > and student software is recommended for this course.
> >
> > I'm not sure if the instructor requires a handheld device, or if 
> > software
> > would be acceptable.
> >
> > Can anyone give me suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Lisa
> >
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