-----Original Message----- From: blindmath-boun...@nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-boun...@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan Jolly Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:04 AM To: blindm...@nfbnet.org Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Verbalizing Math
This is the new link to the original Nemeth Mathspeak which I think is clearer than Larry's Speakeasy but I know that different people have different opinions. http://people.rit.edu/easi/easisem/talkmath.htm If the teacher actually understands math, it shouldn't be very difficult for him or her to understand when spoken math is ambiguous and what needs to be done to avoid this. For example, in speaking a times b + c it isn't necessarily obvious whether the a multiplies just the b or the sum of b and c. However, if the teacher always consistently says something like a times the term b + c for the latter then when the phrase "the term" is omitted, it is understood that the factor a only applies to the b. When you are listening to math you only hear one thing at a time, in other words, it is a linear stream just like braille. So you need additional clues to show the relationships just as you do when you are entering a formula into Excel or something similar. Here is an introductory article about Nemeth for sighted persons: http://www.dotlessbraille.org/readnem.htm I would suggest that if the math teacher and the blind student were to discuss the possibilities, they could quickly arrive at the optimal solution for that particular student. Like Neil said, we aren't talking rocket science here. HTH, SusanJ _______________________________________________ Blindmath mailing list blindm...@nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Blindmath: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/pranav.lal%40gmai l.com To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in