[BlindMath] College student asking for advice

[Traci W]

If you are in the USA, know that UEB vs Nemeth is a hot topic and you will
find most stand with Nemeth!  My kids hate UEB math and we have fought it
hardily!

I love Nemeth personally but I also love math - it speaks to me in its
unique-ness.  :)

Traci

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 5:58 PM Bill Dengler via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Some thoughts on Nemeth and UEB:
> UEB is the English Braille standard going forward, and with it the
> mathematics code. If you care at all about writing in Braille with others,
> UEB is definitely the better choice as time goes on. That said, you'll
> probably be the only person to read and write Braille mathematics, using it
> as a working code for yourself then translating to something like LaTeX for
> sighted consumption, so it doesn't particularly matter if you write in UEB,
> Nemeth, GS Braille [1], or some personal code/shorthand of your own design
> as long as it's understandable to you.
> The way I like to compare UEB and Nemeth is that the latter packs more
> information into each cell, which is valuable in environments with limited
> space like refreshable Braille displays, while the former is more
> consistent
> and debatably easier to parse. I personally find UEB easier to work with
> than Nemeth, but I'm not a heavy Braille user.
> I'd start by looking at bits of these UEB [2] and Neemeth [3] tutorials and
> seeing which system gels better with you.
>
> Bill
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner%E2%80%93Salinas_braille_codes
> [2] https://uebmath.aphtech.org/
> [3] https://nemeth.aphtech.org/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Susan Jolly
> via
> BlindMath
> Sent: Friday, 13 August 2021 16:46
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> Cc: Susan Jolly <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: [BlindMath] College student asking for advice
>
> Hi Katie,
>
> The answers to some of your questions depend on which country you are
> planning to attend college in and also if you are planning to live in that
> same country after you graduate.
>
> Since you mention Nemeth as a possibility I will start by assuming you are
> in the USA.  In any case, Nemeth math is more appropriate than UEB math if
> you are interested in computer science.   Also it is structured much more
> similarly to MathML.
>
> Best wishes,
> Susan Jolly
>
>
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