[Blindmath] LaTeX and Nemeth

Sun Feb 20 17:04:54 UTC 2011

I did see some grants on NSF a while back where people were looking into 
different braille technologies including creating a lower cost manufacturing 
process.

Cheers,
David

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower at smart.net>
To: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>; "Blind Math list for those interested in 
mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] LaTeX and Nemeth

>I have been convinced by several others that there is essentially price
> fixing in the market for braille displays, which has impeded innovation
> for many years.  Bendors of braille displays sell them at prices that
> individuals cannot afford, but it is profitable to do so because they
> know that government agencies will pay almost any price when buying such
> an accommodation.  Compared to technology development in almost any
> other area braille display technology has been stagnant.  We need to
> find ways of breaking this destructive cycle so that true competition
> and innovation in braille technology can flourish for the benefit of
> blind peopleh!
>
> Jamal
>
> On 2/19/2011 4:25 PM, qubit wrote:
>> Greetings --
>> I haven't looked at your article yet but have some questions and 
>> comments.
>> First, while this is thread is on representation of math on braille 
>> displays
>> rather than embossed, obviously a graphical representation of an equation
>> can't be displayed, as is done in DotsPlus (my personal favorite).  But I 
>> am
>> wondering where technology is going in the area of tactile displays -- I
>> have read over the years I have been subscribed to these lists, that 
>> there
>> are prototypes of refreshable tactile displays that should be able to
>> support even some graphics, and the articles I have read is that they 
>> will
>> supposedly be cheaper than conventional displays and will turn the 
>> industry
>> on its ear - but then the product disappears and is never heard from.
>> Has anyone else read of such projects? Is there any hope of getting a
>> tactile graphical display?
>> The first one i read about was developed in Spain, and others I have 
>> heard
>> of are somewhere here in the US.
>> I am thinking by the time one makes it to market, blindness will be 
>> obsolete
>> *smile* -- now has anyone heard about that project?*smile*
>>
>> As for latex versus Nemeth, Nemeth is probably terser as you say, but 
>> latex
>> is more widely known and therefore useful in exchanging homework with
>> teachers.  I also consider latex to be easier to pick up (at least for
>> English speakers), as the terms are English or abbreviations.
>>
>> Anyway, my $0.02
>> Happy brailles...
>> --le
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Susan Jolly"<easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
>> To:<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:48 PM
>> Subject: [Blindmath] LaTeX and Nemeth
>>
>>
>> Many years ago I posted an article comparing LaTeX with Nemeth.  I know 
>> that
>> many braille readers much prefer some flavor or other of LaTeX to nothing
>> and possibly even to braille math.  However, the point of my article is 
>> to
>> show that Nemeth is generally terser than LaTeX and also how the design 
>> of
>> Nemeth makes it easier to read and remember.
>>
>> I don't know how accessible this article is.  I'm mentioning it here
>> primarily for the benefit of the sighted persons on this list.  (I can't
>> remember if I've posted this before.)
>>
>> http://www.dotlessbraille.org/nemeth.htm
>>
>> SusanJ
>>
>>
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