[NFB-Science] Seeking Assistance for Statistics Class

Wed Jan 9 15:49:53 UTC 2019

Hi All! 
Thank you for sending me that link! I'm also a student in math class and I have to take 4 more math classes in the future for my degree in climatology. I think this link will prove useful even to those of us who still read hard copy braille books. I still use technology toget my math homework to my math teacher. I only use the braille books for udy and homework. I read the books themselves to get the right information. But the technology still comes in when I have to do my homework, take notes and use my calculator as well as write out my homework. Because math and science is so graph oriented, you still have to take the hybrid route, even if you only to read the books in hard copy braille. 

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> On Jan 8, 2019, at 10:49, Louis Maher via NFB-Science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Elizabeth,
> 
> In the summer of 2017, the NFB sponsored a day-long seminar in accessible mathematics (http://access2science.com/indexAccessibility.html). 
> 
> One fact is that NVDA has much more mathematical accessibility than does JAWS.  I have attached a short summary of NVDA math accessibility.  This summary is also on the web page shown above.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Louis Maher
> Phone: 713-444-7838
> E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFB-Science <nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Elizabeth Mohnke via NFB-Science
> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 12:10 PM
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> Cc: Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [NFB-Science] Seeking Assistance for Statistics Class
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I hope this message finds you doing well and enjoying the New Year. I am currently enrolled in a statistics class. The good news is that my class does not require the use of SPSS. However, my professor is a bit old fashioned, and likes to use a lot of handouts for our course materials.
> 
> My professor provides all of the handouts electronically in addition to the print hard copies we receive in class. I also have a dedicated disabilities office who is willing to make sure all of the math equations and formulas in these electronic materials are accessible to me by using the Math Type program to make the math content accessible to me.
> 
> However, I have never been able to figure out how to successfully read math content element by element electronically using JAWS. My introductory math classes were totally inaccessible, so I primarily used readers and my limited use of Braille. However, if my disabilities office is able to create accessible Math ML content for me, then I would like to be able to figure out a way to read it.
> 
> The textbook we are using for my statistics class is The Basic Practice of Statistics (7th edition) by Moore, Notz, and Fligner if this information is helpful for anyone. Also, my disabilities office was able to get an epub version of this textbook from the publisher. However, I do not have any experience using this electronic format as I typically get my books from either NLS or Bookshare.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience reading books published in the epub format? If so, what will I need to do in order to read this textbook? And since I have found my textbook on Bookshare, how is the epub format different than what I can get through Bookshare?
> 
> Any information you could provide in regards to these questions as well as any other tips or advice for making it through a statistics class would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Elizabeth
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