[BlindKid] Math Homework on the PC

Tue Jan 14 18:46:45 UTC 2020

So what is the solution when kids go to college and no longer have the
braille display?  Shouldn't kids move to full Word/Math combo if possible?

I'm still figuring this out for my kids - once I am done with my O&M
studies (this semester) - I can concentrate on this more fully - I know we
have touched on it a couple times in previous conversations - I didn't
realize the kids were using braille displays though, like you mentioned
above.

Thanks!
Traci Wilkerson

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 1:39 PM Dr Denise M Robinson via BlindKid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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:
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> > 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
> > via BlindKid
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:14 PM
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> > Cc: Coccovizzo,Linda A <Linda.Coccovizzo at MCCKC.EDU>
> > 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
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