[BlindKid] Math Homework on the PC

Tue Jan 14 21:12:59 UTC 2020

Traci,
Your kids will have access to disabled students services at most any college that they will attend. And some help assistive technology special on staff will access what they need. Or their Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor who can also have an accesstive technology assessment done  to see what will help them in college.The counselor would be able to share that with the disabled student office at the college.

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> On Jan 14, 2020, at 13:48, Traci W via BlindKid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> 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:
>> 
>> 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*
>> 
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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
>>> Metropolitan Community College
>>> Office: 816-604-1442
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