[BlindMath] Drawing trigonometric Functions and their Graphs

Fri Jul 20 18:33:17 UTC 2018

While this is a good solution, I don’t think this is what she’s looking for as she can’t show understanding (of the underlying concepts) to her instructor. Also what happens when you get to the exam and can’t use a calculator?

Bill
> On 20 Jul 2018, at 18:27, Ken Perry via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> So is it mainly a graphing calculator?  I am just wondering if it does
> derivatives and Integrals.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Jason Merrill
> via BlindMath
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 2:17 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> <blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>>
> Cc: Jason Merrill <jason at desmos.com <mailto:jason at desmos.com>>; Elise Berkley <bravaegf711 at gmail.com <mailto:bravaegf711 at gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Drawing trigonometric Functions and their Graphs
> 
> I can provide a little bit more information about Desmos.
> 
> The graphing calculator at https://www.desmos.com/calculator is designed to
> work well with a screen reader (and so are the four function and scientific
> calculators at https://www.desmos.com/fourfunction and
> https://www.desmos.com/scientific).
> 
> The graphing calculator can also produce audio representations of graphs.
> There's a short intro video about how that works at the top of our
> accessibility documentation: https://www.desmos.com/accessibility
> 
> For turning in work, there are a couple of good options.
> 
> 1. Share a link: every time you save a graph, we produce a unique url for
> the saved work, so you could save a graph and then send someone a link to
> the url that shows up in the url bar. That would allow them to see your work
> online.
> 2. Use your browser's File > Print function to produce a visual printout 3.
> Export an image from the share menu (CTRL + ALT + S on Windows, CTRL +
> COMMAND + S on mac).
> 
> If you have access to a tactile graphics embosser, you could print the
> exported image on that printer. I've been experimenting with printing to a
> VP Max embosser this week, and I've found that printing an image exported as
> "Size": "Medium Square", "Line Thickness": "Thin" works passably well.
> 
> We're interested in improving our ability to produce tactile graphics,
> though. I think the biggest improvement will be allowing printing axis
> numbers (and other lables) as Braille. There's also room to improve the dot
> heights and line thicknesses for better legibility.
> 
> I would love to chat more with any teachers or students who are interested
> in producing tactile cartesian graphs. Feel free to e-mail me directly (
> jason at desmos.com) if you have ideas about this, or if you'd be interested in
> testing improved Desmos tactile graphics.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jason
> 
> Jason Merrill
> Lead Calculator Engineer
> Desmos, Inc.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:50 AM Wershing, Alice D. via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Desmos is an open source graphing online program, that has built in 
>> accessibility for graphing.  I have not used it with any students, so I
>> will be interested in learning how it actually works.   When I searched
>> about printing, it seems that printing is best in chrome.   There is
>> information on using braille input devices and screen reading 
>> software, but I don't know if printing will produce anything tactile.  
>> I can't seem to embed a link right now in my email, here is the 
>> printed link to their accessibility page- 
>> https://www.desmos.com/accessibility
>> 
>> Looking forward to learning more about how this may work.  I don't 
>> have any students who are blind, and have been researching math 
>> accessibility for several years, so please post your findings!
>> 
>> Alice D. Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P., C.P.A.A.C.
>> Disability Services, Technology Specialist Pellissippi State Community 
>> College
>> 865-694-6751 <(865)%20694-6751>
>> 865-539-7699 <(865)%20539-7699> (fax)
>> 
>> East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tenessee Board of Regents-TN 
>> eCampus
>> 
>> PSCC Access for All Blog
>> PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services) PSCC 
>> Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Elise Berkley via BlindMath
>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 7:59 PM
>> To: blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Elise Berkley <bravaegf711 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [BlindMath] Drawing trigonometric Functions and their Graphs
>> 
>> I do have braille graph paper, but is there a better way? Is there a 
>> program to input data and print a graph? Thanks for being my lifesavers!
>> Elise--
>> Elise Berkley and Becky Berkley
>> Okay, everyone. Elise again!
>> Another question: What is the simplest way for us to draw graphs of 
>> trigonometric functions?
>> 
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