[Blindmath] Accessible math study materials

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-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miranda
via Blindmath
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 6:45 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Cc: Miranda
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Accessible math study materials

I'm familiar with this, but it's my understanding that as someone who is
completely blind, this only works so far before he starts to reference
colors and visual objects that he's pointing to. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks!

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> On Feb 23, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Zachary Mason via Blindmath
<blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Another thing you might want to try is Khan Academy. You can find them 
> both on YouTube and the App Store.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2017, at 4:47 PM, Miranda B. via Blindmath
<blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> In preparation for taking my psychology statistics course, a friend 
>> who has taken this course suggested that I see if the psychology 
>> department would be willing to simply assess me on the math skills 
>> necessary for that course, rather than try to deal with an 
>> inaccessible math placement test through the ILrn software, and then 
>> inaccessibility of the My Math Lab software in 3-4 prerequisit 
>> courses, before I can even get to the psychology statistics course. 
>> My friend's thought is that much of the math covered in this series 
>> of prerequisite math courses would not even apply to the psychology 
>> statistics course, and therefore I should only need to focus on what is
truly needed to prepare for and be assessed to enroll in that course.
>> Whether or not the university will agree to this assessment plan is 
>> yet to be seen, but at this point it's worth a try at least.
>> 
>> My friend is willing to help me study, but I'm wondering if any of 
>> you know of accessible math materials that I could use? I am 
>> completely blind and rely on JAWS and a refreshable Braille display. 
>> Is there anything on Learning Ally, Bookshare, VitalSource.com, ETC 
>> that you have had personal success with using JAWS and/or a Braille
display?
>> 
>> Thanks for your time and assistance, and have a wonderful weekend!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best wishes, Miranda
>> 
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