[nabs-l] Consultation regarding an Academic Mission Needed

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Hamid,

It turns out that NABS has recently had a conference call on how 
we handle math as blind people, which was very informative for 
all involved.  The recording of the call has been posted on 
www.nabslinkaudio.org.  I encourage you to check it out!

Hope this helps,

Chris Nusbaum

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7

Sent from my BrailleNote

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamid Hamraz" <hhamraz at gmail.com
To: "Blind Math" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>,"National Association of 
Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 sent: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:24:58 +0430
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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