[nabs-l] Consultation regarding an Academic Mission Needed

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
You may want to ask the programL list, it's a list of blind programmers who 
could let you know what they used going through college.
Thank you,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: Hamid Hamraz
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 2:54 AM
To: Blind Math ; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] Consultation regarding an Academic Mission Needed

Dear all,

I am going to start a computer science graduate program in US in the 
upcoming fall. However, this is my first academic mission after I got 
visually impaired. The standard load for a semester would be 3 graduate 
courses. On the other hand, as you know, we blinds and VI folks are 
remarkably slower in CS-related assignments like math, programming, etc.

Now, I greatly appreciate it if experienced people in the list offer me 
suggestions regarding the course load, etc. Besides, I should order 
VI-related equipment for my workplace well in advance. So far I've thought 
about these:

1. A large LCD (+25 inch)
2. Headphone
3. Scanner
4. Printer
5. Whiteboard (on which I can read single letters and digits or very large 
figures/diagrams)
6. Software (JAWS and Open Book to which I am very well accustomed)
7. An ergonomic keyboard with many extra function keys

Please note that I can not read Braille effectively (mostly because of some 
very little tremor in my hands and fingers).

If anybody has some other things to add to the list, I'd be glad to hear.

Look forward to hearing back both your academic and non-academic advices.

Many thanks,

Hamid
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