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Date: | Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:44:00 -0400 |
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EASI Street to Science, Engineering and mathematics:
A Guide to Math and Graphics
This video is now available on the web. At EASI's webcast page, select
the video on "Creating a World of Opportunity Math and Graphics"
Go to http://www.rit.edu/~easi/audio/listen.html
Here is a short write-up about this video.
Most people who have been through high school have struggled with
mathematical equations or scratched their heads trying to figure out
exactly what a molecular structure is supposed to look like. While
math and science are challenging to most people, they can be
especially difficult for people with disabilities. The scientific and
mathematical representation of numbers and graphics causes specific
problems for people with disabilities. In particular, people with
vision impairments have difficulty accessing mathematical and
scientific notation, graphs, charts, drawings and three-dimensional
models that are prevalent in the science, engineering and mathematics
fields.
EASI's Guide to Math and Graphics, the second videotape in the "EASI
Street to Science, Engineering and Mathematics" trilogy is an overview
of special hardware and software that people with disabilities can use
to enhance their study and work in the technical fields.
This 15-minute captioned video demonstrates hardware and software that
can produce tactile graphics including the Nomad Pad and Dotsplus. It
includes a demonstration of AsTeR: Audio System for Technical
Readings, a system that uses musical tones and pitches to make
mathematical equations more comprehensible for blind people, and on
the Nemeth Code for Braille, which is a system of symbols that aids in
the Brailled reading of complex equations.
EASI believes that people with disabilities have the same right to
access information as everyone else.
Norman coombs
chair of EASI
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