[BlindKid] Math Homework on the PC

Tue Jan 14 19:56:19 UTC 2020

I agree. You need at least a 40 cell Braille display. I have never used an 80 cell display because it is not portable but it could be a better option if portability is not important. 

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Subject: Re: [BlindKid] Math Homework on the PC

You can always get a braille display and always highly suggest it if you are in college. The bigger the display the better for math

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 1:47 PM Traci W <traci.mwd at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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
>>
>> * Dr Denise M Robinson*
>>
>> *Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*
>>
>> Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and 
>> Visually Impaired
>> 425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com
>> *Life* isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about 
>> learning to
>> *dance* in the rain!
>>
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>> "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."
>> --Helen Keller
>> "Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to 
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>>     ~Albert Einstein
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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 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
>> > Seasonal Project Coordinator
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