[BlindMath] Good Intro to Stats Textbook?

Sun Jan 30 03:55:24 UTC 2022

Hello,
There are very specific rules for most agencies or entities related to any
government in the USA.  I was the first totally blind student in the history
of the school he is attending, and I can say that he has it much, better
than I did when I first matriculated in 2010.  Any software must be on the
"State of Georgia" vendor list and be okayed for them to even get a single
site license.  It also has to get procured through the Office of Internet
Security as well.  It literally took an agreement with the school and the US
department of Education, by way of my third EEOC complaint, to get the full
access to a Statistics book in a class I was taking.  I literally got the
full book three months after the class had finished.  Thankfully, my degrees
were my sixth and seventh, so I was prepared to fight and knew what I needed
to succeed.    
As is the case with most universities, the vast majority of disability
related issues deal with cognitive disabilities.  Georgia Tech had graduated
a number of students with low-vision, including a woman based in the same
building I as in and Branden is in now.  I even helped clear the way for a
mentee that is low-vision, due to Glaucoma, who is about to finish his
dissertation in Biomedical Engineering as well.  He has pretty good central
vision and can read pretty well with light magnification, but mostly uses
JAWS for computer work and reading of academic journals.  We finally got the
.PDF remediation working well enough so that he could easily get his journal
articles downloaded, remediated, and then read.  
What my mentee and Branden is actually getting is a much better level of
assistance from the school's disability services office.  Once one person
kicks down the gate, others can then come.  The last time I graduated in
2018, a totally blind student enrolled from India in Internet Security.  She
had her share of issues, mostly related to orientation and mobility, but she
graduated on time and now works for Microsoft in Seattle.
Another very low-vision student enrolled two years ago in the Data Analytics
online master's program and is getting what he needs to complete his
coursework as well.  
Unfortunately, it is hit or miss with most technical programs in the USA and
knowing which ones are amenable to your needs can be paramount to your
success.  The issue that a couple of blind women endured when they were
pursuing their Computer Science degrees at the University of Texas, Austin a
few years ago is truly disconcerting.  I've literally heard a professor that
did not have either of them in any of their classes, but though the
department and school treated them like crap.

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of George Bell via
BlindMath
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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Good Intro to Stats Textbook?

I cannot understand why there are problems purchasing MathType. Here is one
place where you can even download a one month trial.

https://www.wiris.com/en/mathtype

It certainly works within PowerPoint.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brandon Keith
Biggs via BlindMath
Sent: 28 January 2022 15:59
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Cc: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Good Intro to Stats Textbook?

hello,
Slides were created inside Powerpoint. I'm trying to get them to use
MathType, but they're having problems purchasing it apparently.
They have someone who knows LaTeX so that's probably what's going to be used
to transcribe the slides.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 1:09 AM Robin Williams via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
>
> As Jonathan says, it's worth finding out how the slides were 
> generated. If they were generated from another source such as LaTeX or 
> Markdown, they could be reproduced in an accessible format - eg HTML.
>
> All the best,
> Robin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jonathan 
> Godfrey via BlindMath
> Sent: 27 January 2022 23:50
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics < 
> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Godfrey <A.J.Godfrey at massey.ac.nz>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [BlindMath] Good Intro to Stats Textbook?
>
> Hello Brandon,
>
> The usefulness of the e-pub is dependent on which file formats they've 
> used to provide the content. The format can be accessible, but that 
> doesn't mean it is accessible. I have seen an e-pub for example that 
> was just the wrapping for the pdf version of a book.
>
> I've unzipped an e-pub archive to get to the bits inside them a few times.
> In the best situation, the content will be html files for the content 
> and a bunch of other files to manage the content. I think it is worth 
> pursuing if you've got the same book as your classmates. Even if the 
> formulae aren't working, the way the author has discussed things could 
> help make the lectures more appealing than if you are working from a 
> book of a different flavour.
>
> If a substitute text is required, then I recommend showing your course 
> staff a few options and asking which one is the best match for the 
> nature/flavour of the course you are taking. Statistics courses range 
> from the sort of thing we did in the 90s to ultra-modern courses that 
> use every recent tool possible. I personally favour the latter as it 
> offers the best opportunity for access; it is how I continue to 
> survive in employment after all.
>
>
> A great source for books intentionally written in HTML is:
> https://www.bookdown.org/
> These books almost invariably have an R flavour but the commentary on 
> introductory topics should always rise above software. I do like 
> Hadley Wickham's books (not just because he is a kiwi) and the other 
> RStudio team members. Roger Peng's works are pretty readable too. You 
> will find some pretty basic stuff and some seriously advanced material 
> as well. There are also plenty of books there which are works in 
> progress. Again, I suggest your course tutors should help refine the 
> search. Some of the content asks for money; don't bother as there is 
> almost certainly something there that will cost nothing and meet your
needs.
>
> Are the slides pdf or power point? The source content will be more use 
> than the end product, but I really cannot tell you how bad/good power 
> point is today because I haven't touched it (willingly) for a very 
> long time. I didn't like the results from converting from power point 
> to anything else last time I tried, so I just try to avoid it at all cost.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jonathan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brandon 
> Keith Biggs via BlindMath
> Sent: Friday, 28 January 2022 9:15 AM
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> Cc: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
> Subject: [BlindMath] Good Intro to Stats Textbook?
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have a version of a statistics book with accessible equations?
> I'm struggling to get accessible materials from my disability department.
> They gave me slides from the instructor that look like:
>
>
>
> It looks like:
>
> Which doesn't make any sense. NVDA tells me there are unknown symbols, 
> so I know I'm missing something.
>
> They gave me a textbook, but I am not exactly sure how to read it if 
> it has MathML in it.
>
> I am going over correlations now, and will be going over regressions 
> next week.
>
> So:
>
> 1. Does anyone have a good intro stats course or resource
>
> 2. Does anyone know how to read an Epub with MathML using a screen reader?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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