Two software packages would be of help here.
Maths students with dyslexia will find it easier to do their maths using
'DERIVE for Windows', since it's all menu-based operation. There's no need
to type a command language and apply its syntax - just choose operations
from drop down menus. Of course this same fact makes it easier for
everyone else too.
Typing mathematical expressions accurately is made easier, for dyslexic
students and everyone, by 'MathType' since it offers hundreds of maths
symbols and TEMPLATES for common expressions and formulas in easy to use
drop down palettes.
Further information is at http://www.chartwellyorke.com
Regards
Philip Yorke
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>From: David Mond <[log in to unmask]>
>Date sent: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 11:36:46 +0100
>
>We have a first-year mathematics undergraduate with quite severe dyslexia.
>He has a grant to buy a computer and some software to help him with his
>problem. Does anyone know of appropriate software? Is there a PC- or
>Apple- based LaTeX system which incorporates spelling and grammar checks
>that can handle backslashes, dollars and macros, etc? Or is a WYSIWYG
>system more appropriate?
>
>David Mond
>Mathematics Institute
>University of Warwick
>Coventry CV4 7AL
>England
>
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