[BlindMath] I need some ideas and encouragement for doing braille calculus

[Doug and Molly Miron]

Dear Emily,


When I learned calculus I was a low vision person, not totally blind.  I 
did not use braille.  Now that I am totally blind I can understand the 
desire to work in braille, but there is a problem in that so much of 
calculus instruction is based on graphs, which are poorly supported in 
the tactile display world.  One thing you have described is a shortage 
of braille display space for your equations.  There are several braille 
displays available that will handle many lines of braille that might 
ease your problem.  The TI84 graphical calculator abailble from APHB 
might help also. Good luck.


Regards,

Doug Miron

On 9/19/2019 2:52 PM, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath wrote:
> Hi, everyone. I am in first semester calculus, and I am really struggling. I
> understand the processes,  but I am having trouble staying organized while
> working problems in braille. I use a braille notetaker with 32 cells, and I
> am having trouble with things like the chain rule that require lines and
> lines of equations. The actual line on my braille sense is not long enough
> to accommodate some of my equations, and I get flustered and lost scrolling
> between so many lines. Ho do those of you who are braille users stay
> organized? Do you have any strategies for keeping parts of the same problem
> organized? I am not opposed to breaking out the Perkins Brailler with wide
> paper, but I am also wondering if there is anything else I can do to be
> successful. I have a great instructor who always goes step by step and
> doesn't mind repeating things, but I always get lost about half way through
> big problems.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> Emily
>
>
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