[Athen] math note-taking support

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Josh,

This is a great resource! Thanks for sharing.

Wink Harner
Assistive Technology Consulting and Training
Alternative Text Production
Portland OR.

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On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 6:01 PM Joshua Hori <jhori at ucdavis.edu> wrote:


> Hello Natalie,

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> Sam Dooley hosts remote Zoom sessions on his Accessible Equation Editor

> (AEE), which is a web-based equation editor that displays math visually and

> in connected braille displays, in real time. The notetaker can also attend

> these meetings to learn more about the product, although I would schedule

> time with Sam and the notetaker for an introduction to the product.

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> Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmkaje7-oMk

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> Note: The AEE is no longer a Pearson product. Sam has all the code now

> hosted on another site.

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> Join the listserv: https://www.lakepinesbraille.com/contact-us/

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> Use the editor: https://www.lakepinesbraille.com/aee/

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> I would suggest a mathpix.com subscription for textbooks, exam and quiz

> conversions into HTML or DOCX formats. Using this service, we improved our

> turnaround times from 2 weeks to 2 days.

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> The AEE would remove the need for visual descriptions of math content

> since it’s being provided in a refreshable braille display.

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> Sincerely,

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>

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> Joshua Hori

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> *From: *athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> on

> behalf of Natalie Davison <nataliedavison at boisestate.edu>

> *Date: *Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM

> *To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject: *[Athen] math note-taking support

>

> Good afternoon,

>

>

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> I am working to consider options for an accommodation request that I am

> bringing to this group for any ideas or advice. I would appreciate hearing

> any experiences anyone has had with similar requests or innovative

> approaches to providing live notes for advanced STEM content, such as math

> equations, on the whiteboard in lecture courses.

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>

> A blind student in a math graduate program has historically received

> note-taking services through "note-processors" who type the notes provided

> in lecture (mainly whiteboard content), then convert them to a LaTex

> document and send this to the student post-lecture. The student has

> requested a revised note-taking accommodation that would allow her to

> receive the whiteboard content at the same rate as her peers in the

> course, instead of 24-48 hours after class, specifically on her refreshable

> braille display. My initial brainstorm figured this would involve a live

> typist in the course working in a LaTex document on the student's computer

> to type the whiteboard content (mainly math equations) so it would display

> as close to live as possible on the student's refreshable braille display.

> The barriers with this approach involve the difficulty finding a student

> who 1. wants this position, 2. can type fast enough, specifically in math

> notation, and 3. understands the upper-level math content. While LaTex is a

> “common math notation language”, individuals who use and are fluent in it

> and understand the graduate level math are difficult to recruit. We have

> found one student who can meet these criteria, but only by using "snippets"

> that don't appear live in the LaTex document, but do appear at a slight

> delay. I would estimate the rate of notes provided by the note-taker is

> equivalent to the rest of the students in the course hand-writing their

> notes based on the whiteboard content.

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> The student asked if there was a professional service similar to CART or

> ASL interpreters that would provide live audio descriptions on the

> whiteboard content in her preferred format, but I am not aware of a service

> such as this or a vendor that provides it. If there is, I am interested in

> learning more about it, or similar services.

>

>

>

> I thought that one close accommodation solution would be to retain the

> hired live note-taker to provide the service at a slight delay, but also

> remind the instructors to narrate visual or written content in the course

> and consistently check in on this.

>

>

>

> *TLDR- Has anyone worked on ways to instantly convert and transmit math

> data to a refreshable braille display?*

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>

>

> Thank you,

>

> Natalie Davison

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