[Athen] Substitute for braille writer for math when blind

[Deborah Armstrong]

I was asked this question twice last week, about two different situations and I don't have an answer.

The concern is that a blind student who is not good at math needs to take remedial courses. But the student's Braille skills, or at least nemeth skills aren't that great.

The book is available both from Learning Ally and in Braille. Reading the textbook is not a concern. The difficulty is in working problems themselves.

The only way I know to work problems in a math course when blind is to use a Braille writer and Nemeth, or possibly an abacus to replace a calculator - except most people have calculators on their phones now.

The problem with the Braille writer is that you do need to be proficient with Braille. But even if you are, it's hard to work with a sighted tutor or instructor. They can't see the steps you are taking to work a problem.

Is anyone using an alternative technique for working problems eyes-free?

--Debee
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