[BlindMath] Reading Nemeth and Literary braille in same doc using BNT terminal

[Sabra Ewing]

yes you can switch between contracted and computer braille pretty easily, but the problem is that you have to keep switching back-and-forth.

Sabra Ewing

> On Apr 9, 2021, at 5:34 PM, George Bell via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ben and Monique,
> 
> May I suggest you take this issue up at the very highest level with
> Humanware.
> 
> Their implementation of the braille code in this device has come under much
> criticism here in the UK too, and at one time was even autocorrecting when
> it should definitely not have been.
> 
> George.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Monique A
> Coleman via BlindMath
> Sent: 09 April 2021 15:39
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Monique A Coleman <monique at vistaseducation.com>
> Subject: [BlindMath] Reading Nemeth and Literary braille in same doc using
> BNT terminal
> 
> Hi There,
> 
> I am a sighted TVI who has introduced several of my middle and high school
> students to using LaTex with JAWS and Math Type this past year due to the
> switch to remote learning and lack of access to hard copy math textbooks. I
> wish it didn't take a pandemic to introduce this technology to my students;
> it has truly benefited them in many ways. Nevertheless, I am glad that they
> are building these new skills before they get to college.
> 
> One of my students uses a BrailleNote Touch connected to his laptop as a
> braille terminal to read his electronic files. When he is working on a Math
> assignment, the Touch will read the math content in Nemeth, but the literary
> content is in Grade 1. We understand that this is due to the fact that his
> JAWS braille output setting is set to Computer Braille so that math content
> will display in Nemeth.
> 
> Here's my question to this amazing community: Is there a way to toggle the
> code settings between computer and grade 2 so that he doesn't have to read
> passages of text in uncontracted literary braille? I'd appreciate any
> insights and tips.
> 
> Thank you!
> Monique
> 
> 
> --
> Monique Coleman, TVI
> President, VISTAS Education Partners
> Director, National Homework Hotline-BVI
> Adjunct Instructor, San Francisco State University www.vistaseducation.com
> 732-835-6672
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