[Athen] Braille Translation Software

[Teresa Haven]

My experience has been that Duxbury + MathType can create good quality Nemeth – but it also has some hiccups, particularly with higher-level math such as calculus and differential equations.  The spacing must be absolutely perfect (and that might not be the same as spacing for print math) or the braille can come out wrong.  Luckily we had a braille proofreader on staff who was able to catch the oddball errors when they occurred and manually fix them.  We learned that for lower-level math the conversion was generally quite clean, but in higher-level textbooks we had to do very close proofreading and a fair amount of correction.

Teresa

Teresa Haven, Ph.D.
Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University
Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology



From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jane Berk
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Braille Translation Software

I did not know that Duxbury will create Nemeth by using MathType....  Does it convert to good quality Nemeth or does it require further editing before it can be produced?  Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated, since at the moment we are outsourcing all of our math and physics-related Braille because we are not familiar with Nemeth.
Thanks,


Jane Berk
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>>> "Gaeir Dietrich" <gdietrich at htctu.net<mailto:gdietrich at htctu.net>> 12/11/14 9:40 AM >>>


Definitely Duxbury—the big advantage of Duxbury for the colleges is that you do not need very much knowledge of braille in order to use it. You can set up your documents in MS Word with all the styles and formatting. You can even use Math Type in Word to create Nemeth math braille with Duxbury.

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi Scher
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 6:50 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Braille Translation Software

Hi Cyndi!
Dux is definitely the way to go!  I second Teresa's comments. Also, you might want to talk with the student to be sure that they want actual hard copy. Most students these days re using a computer with refreshable braille displays for the bulk of their books. About the only thing that we output to hard copy these days is tactile graphics or reference materials that they need at a moment's notice.
Hope all is well!
Heidi


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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Yurkovich, Cynthia Ann <cyurko at udel.edu<mailto:cyurko at udel.edu>> wrote:
Hello,

I am in the process of researching Braille Translation Software for purchase.  Could you share your recommendations?  I have heard that Duxbury is effective but want to review all recommended software.  We have an Emprint SpotDot Color Braille Printer on campus and the student is requesting printed Braille textbooks.

Cynthia Yurkovich
Alternate Format Coordinator
Office of Disability Support Services
University of Delaware
240 Academy Street
Alison Hall, Suite 130
Newark, DE  19716
302-831-4643<tel:302-831-4643>
Cyurko at udel.edu<mailto:Cyurko at udel.edu>


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