[nabs-l] College Math

[Christina Moore]

Hey,
My=20math=20class=20was=20a=20nightmare=20due=20to=20different=20reasons.
I=20had=20the=20textbook=20in=20braille=20and=20three=20tutor/scribe=20peop=
le.
So,=20I=20would=20find=20responses=20to=20this=20question=20useful=20as=20w=
ell.
God=20Bless,
Christina
"Slow=20down.=20=20Just=20breathe.=20=20All=20we=20have=20is=20all=20we=20n=
eed...I'm=20not=20
scared=20to=20lose=20it=20all=20when=20all=20I=20have=20is=20beautiful."=20=
--Icon=20for=20
Hire

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Syed=20Rizvi=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2029=20Jan=202016=2009:08:04=20-0600
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20College=20Math

Hello=20All,

I=20am=20currently=20a=20student=20at=20LCB=20and=20am=20headed=20back=20to=
=20college=20in=20
the
fall.=20=20I=20am=20pursuing=20a=20degree=20in=20information=20sciences.=20=
=20I=20have=20
some
questions=20in=20regards
to=20math=20below=20and=20I=20was=20hoping=20to=20find=20some=20answers.=20=
=20Thank=20you=20
all=20so
much=20for=20your=20input.

I=20am=20currently=20using=20a=20big=20nemeth=20text=20book,=20called=20=E2=
=80=9CLearning=20
the
Nemeth=20Braille=20code=20for=20teachers=20and=20students=E2=80=9D=20by=20R=
uth=20Creg,
transcribed=20in=201991,=20adopted
by=20Bana=20in=201987.=20=20Are=20there=20more=20condensed=20materials=20or=
=20better=20
tools
for=20learning=20nemeth?

What=20strategies=20would=20you=20recommend=20to=20a=20new=20nemeth=20reade=
r=20for=20
reading=20math?

I=20used=20to=20look=20at=20math=20visually.=20=20I=20am=20here=20for=20tra=
ining=20now=20at=20
LCB.=20=20I
am=20learning=20nonvisual=20techniques=20and=20I=20am=20reading=20braille=20=
with=20an
electronic=20display.
Since=20I=20used=20to=20look=20at=20an=20entire=20problem=20all=20at=20once=
,=20now=20how=20
can=20I
look=20at=20a=20problem=20in=20its=20entirety=20using=20nonvisual=20techniq=
ues?

In=20regards=20to=20math=20text=20books,=20I=20can=20read=20text=20better=20=
using=20audio=20
but
then=20equations=20are=20thrown=20in=20with=20the=20text.=20=20What=20is=20=
the=20best=20way=20
to
handle=20a=20math
text=20book?=20I=20have=20had=20a=20book=20with=20the=20theory=20all=20in=20=
one=20file=20and=20
then
links=20to=20separate=20files=20with=20the=20equations.=20=20Is=20this=20th=
e=20best=20way=20
or
are=20there=20better
techniques?

how=20might=20latex=20and=20math=20ML=20be=20used=20in=20reading=20math?

what=20programs=20should=20I=20use=20and=20with=20which=20screen=20readers?=
=20I=20have=20
JAWS,
NVDA,=20iOS,=20a=20focus=20forty=20braille=20display,=20are=20there=20bette=
r=20tools?

When=20math=20problems=20are=20read=20during=20lectures,=20what=20accommoda=
tions=20
do=20I
need=20to=20request?=20How=20do=20I=20access=20handwritten=20notes=20from=20=
the=20TA=20or=20
note
taker?

Again,=20thank=20you=20so=20much=20for=20your=20help.

Syed

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