[nabs-l] precalc

[sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca]

Hi there,
Yes! Antonio is absolutely right. I'm majoring in actuarial science  
(primarily math) and Braille material is essential. This means that  
you need to find out the professors of your courses at least four  
months before the class starts, and get them to tell you what books  
they'll use. Your school should fund the cost of transcription of  
these books into Nemeth code, but it is your responsibility to find  
out what books you need, buy the print copies, and find out from your  
school where they need to be brought on campus to be either Brailled  
on site or sent away for brailling. If you've worked with Braille  
before you know how long transcription can take, so you MUST ACT  
QUICKLY. That was all in capital letters by the way, just in case you  
use JAWS like me. :)
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask any further questions, and feel  
free to write me off list if you want. I'm happy to help in any way I  
can.
Good luck,
Sarah



Quoting Antonio Guimaraes <aguimaraes at nbp.org>:

> hello Christopher,
>
> Braille, Braille, Braille,
>
> It sounds as though you might be on your way to a major that relies
> heavily on math. If so, you'll really need to get your hands on braille
> books. How else will you know the nemeth, and practice how to write
> your problems, and visualize the graphs?
>
> Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
>
> National Braille Press
> 1800 548-read, ext 20.
> aguimaraes at nbp.org
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Kchao"
> <thisischris89 at gmail.com>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
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> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:30 AM
> Subject: [nabs-l] precalc
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> I intend on taking precalculus during an eight week summer session
>> starting in early June. So far, I've taken college algebra and have worked
>> with readers and books from RFB&D. For things like exams, I use a brailler
>> and then dictate all my work and answers to the reader/scribe. This has
>> proven to work fairly well, excluding the chaos factor when describing
>> graphs and other things of a visual nature.
>> If there's anybody on here who has taken precalculus and could offer me some
>> pointers from a practical standpoint (methods for taking notes, shortcuts,
>> etc), I'd be very interested in connecting with you, provided that final
>> exams aren't completely taking over your lives.
>> Thanks
>>
>>
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