There is an RNIB guide to saying aloud mathematical notation, and I
suppose these words could then be Brailled (I wish I'd realised this
before). I don't know to what level the guide goes, but it looked
pretty high-falutin' to me (maths notation above a certain level is
repetitive, as you'd expect, so maybe it could cover degree level
successfully). I'm not really sure what you mean by the application
LaTeK, but what I've said might help if it is maths-based. Or perhaps
not.
As always, the best guide is likely to be: what has been the student's
method up till now?
Cheers
Iain
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:55:54 -0000 Sue Green <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had experience of a blind student doing Physics or Maths? We are
> having problems finding a way of transcribing a Physics application called
> LaTeK into braille. If the student was doing a text-based subject there
> would be no problems, but Theoretical Physics is largely maths-based. There
> has been some work on software which reads maths notations etc, but only to
> A-level standard. Some of you are going to come up against this soon if you
> haven't already, as the student has applied to other Russell Group
> universities!
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sue
>
> Sue Green
> Disability Co-ordinator
> The University of Birmingham
> Tel 0121 414 2897
> Fax 0121 414 5133
> email [log in to unmask]
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