[BlindMath] Developing a New Braille Code

Fri Jan 12 19:05:48 UTC 2018

You might want to ask your question on the NFB's Science and Engineering listserv. Also I think it would be useful to talk with Cary Supalo, David Wohlers, Henry "Hoby" Wedler and others.
Many of us have developed specialized codes for notetaking in particular fields, but the number of people who would be likely to use our creations is quite small (at least it used to be). The virtue of these listservs and forums is that more ideas can be exchanged, and sometimes great things come out of it.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.

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Subject: [BlindMath] Developing a New Braille Code

Hello: 

I know this isn't exactly the list for biochemistry, but it seems to have the best minds for the question I have in regards to publishing accessible STEM content. For my biochemistry courses at Mississippi State University, I developed a short-hand notation to illustrate reaction pathway diagrams. Now that I'm done taking courses, I've continued to work on updating and critiquing the short-hand, and I believe I have something very close to being worthy of publishing. I would like to make the code rules, as well as several very commonly encountered reaction pathways, (E.G., glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport chain, etc.), publicly available. My question is this. 

The examples of code I would be providing are a composite created from Wikipedia articles, Khan Academy, Spider Chem, etc.; my course text book; and course handouts. Unfortunately I did not keep track of my sources. In this instance where I just want to share information in a format usable to a very small population, in a format I developed that was inspired by Simple molecular input linear entry (SMILES) and computer and Nemeth Braille, and which almost all sighted users have access to without purchasing a $200 text book; do I need special permissions, and if yes from whom? 

My second question is, is there an organization that would be interested in featuring this or should I build a website to host this myself? 

Thank you,

Zac

P.S. Thank you for everyone involved in helping me through regression analysis. I got a B in the course. 

Zachary Mason

M.S. Student

Animal and Dairy Sciences

Mississippi State University

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