I'm about to start work with my husband and Michael Whapples on
looking at maths and braille, but if the student concerned doesn't
already read braille it isn't much help! I have looked at other ways
of accessing mathematics, but since there is no real 'standard' when
it comes to reading maths aloudwitha erpsonal reader it is quite
difficult and formulae can be ambiguous. One way is to learn LaTeX as
has already be suggested, but having tried this myself recently I'm
not sure I'd recommend it unless the student shows an aptitude for it
(I certainly don't!) MathPlayer can turn LaTeX (and some other
formats I believe) into spoken mathematics and I find it quite good
really. However, I'm lucky that I have enough residual vision to turn
maths documents into large print if I really want to and don't know
how I'd manage if I couldn't.
I'd be interested to hear how this all works out as I've been trying
to find case studies of visually impaired students studying maths type
subjects in particularly (for my PhD) and haven't had as much luck as
I'd have hoped for.
Good luck,
Emma
On 13/09/2007, Clare Trott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "Obtaining Braille Mathematical Documents" by Michael Whapples, School of Physics and Astronomy,
> Nottingham University, is published in the latest MSOR Connections vol 7 no 3.
>
> Available on-line at http://ltsn.mathstore.gla.ac.uk/articles/new.asp
>
> Clare
>
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Emma Jane Rowlett (née Wright)
School of Sociology and Social Policy
University of Nottingham
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