[nabs-l] symbols for chemistry

[Aleeha Dudley]

Hi, 
Just to supplement what Arielle said, I am a zoology major in college at the moment and have taken three semesters of chemistry and biology courses. I also write out the Greek letters. For reaction arrows, I simply write yields or equilibrium with, depending on the type of reaction. Feel free to email me off list if you have other questions about science courses. I would be more than happy to help. 

Aleeha dudley 

On Dec 10, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Danielle,
> There are ways to create arrows and Greek letters in Microsoft Word,
> but  JAWS usually doesn't read them properly. When doing homework it
> is important that you can read your own homework assignments to use
> them for review. What I have done for years (since high school) has
> been to make up my own symbols. For example, instead of inserting the
> Greek letter theta, I literally write out the word "theta". I have
> done this for multiple biology, chemistry, math and physics classes
> and never once had a teacher complain that I wasn't using the real
> symbols.
> If you have a Braille notetaker you may be able to do some fancy
> things with LATX so that the Greek letters show up in proper Nemeth on
> your Braille display. If you are interested in pursuing this option
> further, I suggest joining the BlindMath list and asking there.
> Best of luck,
> Arielle
> 
> On 12/10/12, Danielle Sykora <dsykora29 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> For my chemistry class, I am having to write certain symbols such as
>> arrows and Greek letters. Does anyone know how this would be possible
>> on a computer? Any help would be appreciated.
>> Danielle
>> 
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