[Pibe-division] Nemeth and refreshible braille solutions

[Eric Guillory]

I was glad to read that, whenever possible, you emboss hardcopies of requisite materials in math. That is so crucial, particularly in subject areas involving the Nemeth Code. It's too bad that the assistant is not proficient in six key entry, as that is the only way I can think of to make what you are hoping to accomplish possible. Any other thoughts?

Eric

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On May 9, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello colleagues,
> I am looking for ways to produce Nemeth braille on an electronic
> display in real time.  The para I have working with an elementary
> student to provide access to her math class pointed out how much more
> effective it would be to be able to just put the braille under my
> student's fingers than trying to sneak in descriptions of what the
> teacher has written in between teacher explanations.  The student has
> some trouble listening to the two voices at once and I want to make
> sure she can listen to as much of her math teacher explaining as
> possible.  When the teacher's provide materials ahead of time, we are
> able to accomplish this by embossing them in hard copy braille.
> However, most often examples are made up on the fly in response to
> student questions or difficulties.
> 
> I thought this sounded like a wonderful idea and wanted to ask if
> anyone else is doing something similar.  We were thinking of something
> like pairing the student's braillenote to an ipad or laptop and having
> the para type the math in as the teacher writes it on the board.  I'm
> not sure what tool we would use to input the math symbols though.  As
> far as I know, most math symbols would be automatically rendered into
> computer braille instead of Nemeth.
> 
> I suppose that Duxbury might do this.  However the para is not yet
> fluent enough in Nemeth to use 6 key entry on the fly.
> 
> Does anyone know of any tools that will accomplish what we are trying to do?
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg
> 
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