[BlindMath] Announcement for posting

[Al Maneki]

Please post this to your list serv.


For the past few years, the Automated Translation team (AMT) has been
developing software to automatically translate printed mathematics text
into Nemeth Braille.  Success in this effort should result in providing
Braille textbooks to blind students in a timely manner and at lower costs
to universities and community colleges. Our work has been successful enough
so that we are now ready to look for a test case for our new software.

If you are a student majoring in STEM who will need a braille textbook,
or a faculty member who will have a student who requires a braille
textbook for a core STEM class, we would like to talk with you to determine
if that textbook would be suitable as a test case.  We will also consider
other course materials such as lecture notes written in LaTeX.  If you are
a non-stem student who needs to fulfill a one math course requirement,  we
would also like to hear from you. With our automated software, blind
students can expect to receive their Braille textbooks in time for their
courses and disabled student service offices can expect to provide Braille
textbooks at a much more reasonable cost.
If you are interested, please contact me at apmaneki at gmail.com.  Please
provide me with your contact information, the institution you are attending
and the course for which you will need the Braille textbook.  I look
forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.


-- 
*Dr. Al Maneki*
Senior STEM Advisor
NFB Jernigan Institute
443-745-9274
apmaneki at gmail.com