[BlindMath] Seeking guidance for Discrete Mathematics

[Amanda Lacy]

AI can often infer what the equation should say when given enough context.. In your position, I would try copying the parts of the textbook with mangled equations into a conversation with Gemini or ChatGPT and asking it to fix the math and output it in a format that I could read.

Discrete math is very doable. It was one of the classes I enjoyed during my Computer Science undergraduate degree. The professor was kind enough to not only share the LaTeX versions of the notes and homework but also strip out most of the formatting gibberish so I could just focus on the math.

> On Aug 29, 2026, at 5:50 PM, Aru M via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I am a sophomore at Purdue University studying Computer Science and seeking guidance in successfully navigating one of the subjects that I am currently struggling in.
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> The subject is CS-182. Though, it says Computer fundamentals but it is essentially discrete math covering topics like Logic, proofs,  sets, functions, complexity, induction, recursive algorithms, finite automata, graphs. Semester has just started but I can feel the heat.
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> The assigned textbook "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. Rosen is available on Bookshare.org <http://bookshare.org/> but on downloading in all the possible formats available there, I find that none of them is truly accessible and even wonder if it shows the correct information. The Math equations are not read correctly.
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> I rely completely on JAWS on the Windows laptop and haven't used braille in past many years. For the Math content, I use Equations Editor on Microsoft Word to read the problems and solve them.
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> The DRC department at the university provides me the lecture notes and other related content in MS Word but I need something to read to understand the concepts like textbook in this case.
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> I was wondering if anyone here faced something similar and found any workaround.
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> Looking forward to any suggestions that you might deem helpful.
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> Best regards,
> Arushi
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