[BlindMath] Learning High School Math

Sun Jul 25 23:27:11 UTC 2021

It still exists, but the company that wrote it was acquired and has no interest in continuing its development.

Bill
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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rastislav Kish via BlindMath
Sent: Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:25
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Cc: Rastislav Kish <rastislav.kish at protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Learning High School Math

Hey there,

one question, does MathPlayer still exist? Or what happened to it?

It has crossed my mind as well in the discussion as it was the only choice of accessing math in Jaws 16-? Or 15- I'm not sure now.

But search results from Google simply redirect me to MathType, which doesn't seem to have included the MathPlayer functionality as far as I've tested.

Does anyone know what happened?

Best regards

Rastislav

Dňa 25. 7. 2021 o 5:56 Shail M via BlindMath napísal(a):
> Hi @Susan,
>
> Hope, you are doing well. Thanks much for providing the references to the Math books.
>
> Though Math equation speak is normally error prone by NVDA as well as JAWS. I lately learned that Math Player + Firefox + NVDA is the best among all options. I am trying it out.
>
> Canute is really promising and something that might be affordable compared to other notetakers. I really hope, this becomes the game changer and people with VI can read more content with scrolling for every line.
>
> Thanks
> Shail
>
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> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Susan 
> Jolly via BlindMath
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> Cc: Susan Jolly <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: [BlindMath] Learning High School Math
>
> Hi Shail,
>
> Thank you for reading my article and your nice words about it.
>
> You mentioned an algebra book on OpenStax that seems like it would be difficult to convert to braille.  I agree.  It may be that the UTMOST project I mentioned previously is planning to provide some algebra books in braille.  You might want to contact them if the next two suggestions aren't helpful.
>
> Here are two sources for braille books including algebra books which are available free to eligible persons.  A TVI should know what is required to request a book from either source.
>
> The APH Louis database attempts to keep a record of every available book transcribed to braille for educational purposes.
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flouis
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> BookShare has a huge number of books in various accessible formats including algebra books in braille.
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> You also mentioned the difficulty of working with a complex formula in either LaTeX or Nemeth.  There's actually been a lot of research in the area of how to explore complex formulas non-visually.  To take your example one possibility would reveal the outermost view as an expresson raised to a fractional power. The first  inner view is that the expression is a simple fraction.  Next one could explore the numerator and denominator and then their individual factors.
>
> It is my understanding that both MathJax and NVDA provide for such exploration via tabbing.  I don't know the details of how to do this but perhaps someone else on the list can help.
>
> As for manipulating the formula in braille it might be helpful to have an embossed braille copy.  Some people prefer to do braille math on a Perkins so as to read several lines at once.  The Canute 360 braille e-reader which has nine 40-cell lines  is just back in production so that will be another option hopefully available soon.
>
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.br
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> Best wishes,
> Susan J.
>
>
>
>
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