[Athen] math note-taking support

[Natalie Davison]

Thank you all for your recommendations, including exploring the resources
and approaches below.

   - Accessible equation editor (AEE)
   - Mathpix
   - Mathtype
   - Equatio
   - C-Print or Typewell captionist who is trained in using “math mode”


I hope I have a success story to share with the group at the end of the
semester!

Best wishes,
Natalie Davison

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 9:41 AM Andrea L. Dietrich <adietrich at cornell.edu>
wrote:


> You could look into hiring a C-Print or Typewell captionist who is trained

> in using “math mode” to type equations in something close to real time, and

> then connect the output to a refreshable Braille display, maybe? That’s

> probably as close to real-time as you could get although there may be a

> trick to getting the output to convert to the correct Braille in real time.

> Something to look into maybe?

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

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> 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.

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> 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.

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

> data to a refreshable braille display?*

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> Thank you,

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> Natalie Davison

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