let me tell you that I have gone through book titled "The Braille notations of mathematics and science. the was in Braille and was published from some where in Usa. it is available in Congress Library Usa it is in eight volumes and is very vast in nature and information. but I regret to tell that when I happened to read the book I was so young that I was not able to understand it fully. that ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanjay Prasad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Writer
> Hello > I can partially agree with your points numbered 16, 17 and 18 provided > you are not going to insist these points to be implemented in > graduate/post graduate levels. my views are: > if a blind person is pursuing career in a nontraditional > field--computers, engineering and other branches of sciences, then > that individual is responsible to manage graphs, figures etc. on > his/her own behalf through accessible tactile devices. > insofaras writing answer sheets in Braille is concerned, it is not > possible in graduate and post graduate levels as we do not have > standard Braille symbols for scientific and technical languages. Of > course one minus point of writing examination papers in Braille may be > difficulty in re-evaluation of the papers--may be in rare cases--as > we have very few experts to decide a person's ability in any given > subject. It is also difficult to prove the sighted world I mean, the > Education Department which ultimately certifies a blind person in 10th > and 12th Exams. I think this option of writing public exams in > Braille can be eliminated. > Let me tell you that I am an avid reader of Braille books and > magazines. I have mentioned only some technical difficulties and > their consequences which have to be overcome. > thanks, > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
