As many will have noticed, in this particular case the author of the textbook in question very kindly has agreed to let me use his own electronic word-processing files, so OCR will not be required. With much less preparatory work, it will now be feasible for the two students to use their customary text- to-voice software for access to the same textbook as their peers. We have volunteers who read prescribed texts and make tape recordings, but the digital electronic medium adds new posibilities, e.g. for going from text to Braille. Or perhaps they will now be able to use the digital format to compile their own notes, e.g. cut and paste text extracts with added comments from listening to lectures, etc.
One is blind from birth, the other has a degenerative disease. As already pointed out, their understanding of figures and symbolic presentations will present further problems. We have a special tutor working on this with them, but it is not going to be simple. The main aim is simply to pass the major in Psychology, and two semester courses in research methodology are required, in which "stats" is about half the work. They have already passed the first semester course. Even if they do not really learn much of the maths, I believe in doing this they will be able to understand research much better than without attempting it.
Thanks also for the other valuable tips! In particular the site at http://www.rit.edu/~easi/math.htm and information on the Nemeth code.
Frank Bokhorst
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