<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Also, check out the usefulness of Read Write Gold's (and I think Kurzweil too does this) ability to convert to MathML and read outloud via IE. Uses Math Type for input. Won't eliminate the reader/human being support for the reading for input portion. Another possibility is Dragon with MathTalk & Scientific Notebook which do a good job for the student in being able to compose the math & print it out for his instructor. Dragon can capture what was spoken & play back a recording of what was spoken, but this combo does not "read" what was typed.<br><br>Wink<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Dan Comden" <danc@washington.edu><br>To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org><br>Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:17:08 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Athen] Blindness access for math<br><br><br>The challenge is getting the material into a form accessible to the <br>student. That student also needs to produce work using tools that are not <br>only accessible for him, but also for sighted instructors/TAs.<br><br>WinTriangle may be a good option. http://www.wintriangle.com/<br>You'll still need to assemble the material for him.<br><br>A few years ago we had great success with a couple of students who <br>knew/learned LaTeX -- it's a scientific markup language that may be used <br>throughout your campus in a variety of departments. That's the format that <br>Scientific Notebook can produce, btw. We had a team of student workers who <br>converted textbook material to LaTeX which was then made accessible to our <br>students, either in embossed Nemeth or in an electronic file. The student <br>workers were hired based on their knowledge of the material and LaTeX.<br><br>-*- Dan Comden danc@washington.edu<br> Access Technology Lab www.washington.edu/computing/atl<br> University of Washington UW Information Technology<br><br>On Wed, 12 May 2010, Hong, Glenda E wrote:<br><br>> <br>> I have a student that is trying to figure out how to continue his math studies using JAWS rather than<br>> reader/scribes. The math labs aren’t accessible and he prefers auditory access to his work, so the<br>> reader/scribes are working currently but as the math classes get more advanced is there a way to use Dragon<br>> Naturally Speaking/Scientific Notebook/Math Talk to be able to work on his own. He has some Braille skills<br>> but does not know Nemeth and seldom uses Braille as his way of reading a book or gathering information. I<br>> would be interested to know how he could reasonably work when a reader/scribe is not available to work with<br>> him. Thank you for any help or advice you can offer. gh<br>_______________________________________________<br>Athen mailing list<br>Athen@athenpro.org<br>http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org<br><span><br><br>-- <br>Wink Harner<br></span></div></body></html>