[BlindKid] Math Homework on the PC

Tue Jan 14 18:37:38 UTC 2020

Hi Linda
All of our blind students do all their math work in word-- we do have a few
who have difficulties with math concepts so will outputs math work as
needed so we gauge toward cognitive level..

We have been teachingthis way for around 18 years. They read from a Nemeth
code math book so the braille is under their fingers and then they output
it in word using a braille display. Then of course email it to their
teachers just like their peers.
You can do UEB math or Nemeth code math depending on what they have learned
on a good braille display.  The majority of people are still using Nemeth
code. Most of our students use the focus 40.
Hope this helps

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 12:46 PM marianne via BlindKid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Yes, it is possible. You can check out yourtechvision.com for some Youtube
> videos that may help you understand. The Braille display will output UEB
> math symbols but they can definitely learn to recognize those very
> quickly.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindKid <blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Coccovizzo,Linda A
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> Subject: [BlindKid] Math Homework on the PC
>
> I apologize for those of you who have already seen this question come
> across
> the FB group. I'm just picking as many brains as I can right now.
>
> At work at the community college, I do a lot with transcribing math into
> braille for our blind students. I don't know how they are turning their
> work
> in, because we have never, or at least not recently, received their math
> homework to put into print for their professors. My girls are doing their
> math homework on a braille writer. Is it possible for them to use a braille
> display with a PC, to do their math, and turn it in with the rest of their
> peers? There may be braille notetakers in their future for this, but for
> the
> time being, I would like to know if, and how it can be done on the PC.
>
> Linda Coccovizzo
> Seasonal Project Coordinator
> Metropolitan Community College
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