[Nfb-science] transcription of physics diagrams for this fall's college textbook

[Daniel]

Dear list members,

I am Daniel Gillen, a rising sophomore planning to major in 
physics at Haverford College.  As there are only four weeks 
before the start of classes, I have been gearing up my materials 
all summer long for my courses.  What I am the most frustrated 
about now is that the Office of Disability Services (ODS) is now 
only obtaining the physics textbook to do the diagrams (they've 
already procured the text portions-equations rendered in MathType 
so I can translate the chapters into Braille through Duxbury to 
read on my BrailleNote).  As I am the first totally blind student 
who uses Braille at my college in generations, I'd like to know 
if any other students in my situation have used this book, whose 
information is listed below:

Waves and Oscillations: A Prelude to Quantum Mechanics
by Walter Fox Smith
© 2011
ISBN13: 978-0195393491

As this was written by a professor in Haverford's physics 
department, I'm not sure if this is so widely used within the 
200-level physics courses like the one I'm entering.  But the 
main point of my message is that the ODS wants to procure the 
diagrams in-house to cut down on costs.  My concern is that if 
they do it this way, using a PIAF and SimBraille font (they don't 
have an embosser), I'm not sure how exactly they will render the 
equations or other math notation in Nemeth code rather than using 
raised print.  In the past, they've used SimBraille for Computer 
Braille or raised-print renderings, but as this is not an intro 
physics course, I will need to have all my information rendered 
in the appropriate format to minimize confusion.  I am forwarding 
this message onto the people in the ODS so they know that I am 
using all the resources I can to solve this time-sensitive issue.

Thank you,
Daniel Gillen