[BlindMath] Question About Backtranslation of Nemeth Math

[Star Gazer]

I'd argue back translation would be good for everybody. 
The student could get feedback as quickly as their peers. Knowing that they
can do math, and that they don't have to learn LaTex or other tools at the
same time as math may enspire them to continue with math as well. 
I wouldn't present it as "You can use this, it's more meant for students who
don't want to continue with math" because that puts a stigma both on the
back translation capability, and also on the student using it, i.e. "Only
the dumb kids do it this way". 
Make the capability happen, and you may be real pleased with its usage. 

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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of J Acheson via
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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Question About Backtranslation of Nemeth Math

As a TVI, I feel this type of application would be quite beneficial to
students, especially those in middle and senior high school in basic to
advanced courses. We want to encourage our students to use electronica
devices when possible so they may interact with their teachers and peers
with less lag time. I am especially thinking of those students who will not
be going on to pursue careers in STEM fields and thus be less likely to
dedicate themselves to learning MathML and other languages to produce and
access their work. Certainly others working at higher level math may be
interested, but this type of application I can see being immediately useful
to pre college students. Should you have a beta version, contact me
directly. 

> On Sep 23, 2019, at 12:04 PM, Susan Jolly via BlindMath
<blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have a question for the people on this list.
> 
> I believe that it would be valuable for students who are using Nemeth 
> math as the basis for studying math in STEM subjects to be able to 
> automatically backtranslate their Nemeth math to a format which can be 
> displayed as standard print math. My question is this: do the people 
> on this list agree with me that such a capability would be useful and
would actually be used?
> 
> The reason I want to know whether or not others agree with me on this 
> issue is because I've developed a free and open source Java app to 
> backtranslate digital Nemeth math to MathML. (The app only recognizes 
> electronic files, not embossed braille.) However since I can't provide 
> the necessary infrastructure for distributing and maintaining this 
> software, I would need to find an organization and a developer to take 
> it on. And there's obviously no point in my trying to do this unless 
> there are a number of other people who think such a capability is worth
the effort.
> 
> Thank you,
> Susan Jolly
> 
> 
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