[nabs-l] Help ETS Improve Math Text to Speech

[Sean Whalen]

Attention all students:

Our friends at ETS are working on a project to improve the way math is
read through text to speech, and they are looking for input from blind
students. ETS is seeking students who would be interested in
participating in an informal demonstration and group discussion at
NFB's National Convention in Dallas. Please read below for more
details. If you are able to assist, or have any questions, please
contact Lois Frankel at the below email address or phone number.

Thank you for your help!

From: "Frankel, Lois" <lfrankel at ets.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:38:02 -0700
Subject: Announcement for NABS

ETS is working on a project to develop software-based tools that will
improve the ways computers speak mathematics expressions used in
Algebra by making the computer speak the expressions as they would be
spoken in classrooms. We would like to meet informally with a group of
students directly after the NABS meeting, or possibly Monday
afternoon, to do a "show and tell" of what we have so far and to get
input from them about how we can improve the speech we have developed
so far. We are looking for roughly 5 to 10 students in middle school,
high school, or early college who are blind or have low vision, and
are comfortable using text to speech (e.g. JAWS).  Participants should
be familiar with the material covered in Algebra 1, but not with
mathematics beyond elementary calculus. This project is funded by a
grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education
Sciences.

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Lois Frankel, Ph.D.
Assessment Development
Educational Testing Service
Mail Stop 14-N   Room N157
609-683-2985