[BlindMath] Math textbooks produced by Pierson Publishing:

Thu Feb 7 15:56:27 UTC 2019

Good morning, we worked closely with Doug Hacker at Pearson when our student took a math course.  Mr. Hacker is the Product Manager of Accessibility Support.  douglas.hacker at pearson.com   He can be of assistance if you need experience barriers with their products.  For homeworks:  their recommendation would be to have the professor create the assignments and then print them to a PDF document. The PDF doc could then be sent out to be brailled.   For the textbook, the student request braille format so I am not familiar with the ebook accessibility features with JAW/NVDA.  

Here is the information I received from Pearson:
Pearson Accessibility Overview:
https://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/mymathlab/accessibility/index.html 

MyMathLab Accessibility:
https://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/mymathlab/accessibility/ 

Quick Start Instructions for using MyMathLab with JAWS:
https://pmark.pearsoncmg.com/templates/assets/upload/MyMathLabND_and_JAWS_quick_start_instructions_11022017.pdf 

Requests for Alternate Media:
https://support.pearson.com/getsupport/s/article/Disability-Request-Form 

Corinne Gilliam
Coordinator of Student Support & Disability Services
Dean of Students Office
Beaman Student Life Center, Suite 200
Phone: (615) 460-6407
Fax: (615) 460-6497
www.belmont.edu/disability   

Belmont University
1900 Belmont Boulevard  |  Nashville, TN 37212
belmont.edu  |  webelieve.belmont.edu

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From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kendra Schaber via BlindMath
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 9:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Math textbooks produced by Pierson Publishing:

Hi Zack!
 Unfortunently, I don't know what they are doing to fix the problem. I don't even know if they know how to fix the problem. However, I would like to look for the best ways to improve accessibility such as getting their books that are on line to work with NVDA and not just JAWS 2019 for example. If they get back to you, go ahead and pass my Email along with them so that we can work together to get their books accessible across all screen reader platforms, particularly if they are not accessible across them. I have JAWS 2018 and NVDA on my computer. I would need all of their books to cover JAWS and NVDA in order to work with them on my computer. Since Math is the big subject where I'm having the worst trouble with accessibility and particularly most probomatic is matereals arriving on time, I, along with all other blind students who use both screen readers and braille need top notch accessibility across the platforms, not just one because the diversity is so wide that you can't just stick a bunch of books accessible to JAWS when half of the blind students use NVDA for example.

Thank you for taking the time to read this Email!
Blessed be!!!
Kendra Schaber
Chemeketa Community College,
350 Org,
Citizen's Climate Lobby,
National Federation of the Blind of Oregon,
Capitol Chapter,
Salem, Oregon.
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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Zach via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 07:02
To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
Cc: Zach
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Math textbooks produced by Pierson Publishing:

Hello Kendra,

What is your disability office doing about this matter?

I have a contact at Pearson I asked to reach out to you regarding the accessibility of Pearson products. If she gets back to me would you like for me to pass your information along?

Regards,

Zac

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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kendra Schaber via BlindMath
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Cc: Kendra Schaber <redwing731 at gmail.com>
Subject: [BlindMath] Math textbooks produced by Pierson Publishing:

Hi all!
I have to take five math classes for my climatology studies. I'm looking for ways to make math more efficent and of course, maintain or improve the accessability to the content of my math classes. Part of that quest envolves My Math Lab and textbooks produced by Pierson Publishing. Does anyone know if their books are accessible and if not, does any one have ways to make them accessible electronically?

Thank you for taking the time to read this E Mail!
Blessed be!!!
Kendra Schaber,
Chemeketa Community College,
350 Org,
Citizen's Climate Lobby,
National Federation of the Blind of Oregon, Capitol Chapter, Salem, Oregon.
Home email:
Redwing731 at gmail.com
Chemeketa Community College Email:
Kschaber at my.Chemeketa.edu
Phone:
971-599-9991
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