[BlindMath] I need some ideas and encouragement for doing braille calculus

[Emily Schlenker]

Thank you so much! I will be getting out the Perkins very soon.

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> On Sep 19, 2019, at 7:19 PM, Angie Matney via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Emily, 
> 
> I always had to do these things on a braille writer. It just got too complicated with only one line of braille. I would then read information back to my professors. But all of this was over 20 years ago. As people have pointed out, multi-vine displays are coming onto the scene. But if you have a good disability office, maybe they can transcribe your braille so you would not have to read it back to the instructor. 
> 
> Good luck. I am totally blind and have been since infancy, and I have a graduate degree in math. It can be done, but sometimes, creativity is requíred. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Angie 
> 
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>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 7:05 PM, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Thank you so much. I am very lucky in that we have an office at my university where I get all of my tactile diagrams done for all of my classes. They also do my braille, and if I need a graph at the last minute, they will make it. Awesome idea about the calculator.
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>>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 5:36 PM, Doug and Molly Miron via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Dear Emily,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When I learned calculus I was a low vision person, not totally blind.  I did not use braille.  Now that I am totally blind I can understand the desire to work in braille, but there is a problem in that so much of calculus instruction is based on graphs, which are poorly supported in the tactile display world.  One thing you have described is a shortage of braille display space for your equations.  There are several braille displays available that will handle many lines of braille that might ease your problem.  The TI84 graphical calculator abailble from APHB might help also. Good luck.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Doug Miron
>>> 
>>>> On 9/19/2019 2:52 PM, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath wrote:
>>>> Hi, everyone. I am in first semester calculus, and I am really struggling. I
>>>> understand the processes,  but I am having trouble staying organized while
>>>> working problems in braille. I use a braille notetaker with 32 cells, and I
>>>> am having trouble with things like the chain rule that require lines and
>>>> lines of equations. The actual line on my braille sense is not long enough
>>>> to accommodate some of my equations, and I get flustered and lost scrolling
>>>> between so many lines. Ho do those of you who are braille users stay
>>>> organized? Do you have any strategies for keeping parts of the same problem
>>>> organized? I am not opposed to breaking out the Perkins Brailler with wide
>>>> paper, but I am also wondering if there is anything else I can do to be
>>>> successful. I have a great instructor who always goes step by step and
>>>> doesn't mind repeating things, but I always get lost about half way through
>>>> big problems.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>>>> 
>>>> Emily
>>>> 
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