[Blindtlk] Question

[Mike Freeman]

I never found the Taylor slate useful for solving of equations; it works 
great for ciphering.

The Perkins brailler is the best way IMO; braille our the qautions and 
you can solve them, showing each step in the process.

Mike

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Judy Jones wrote:

> Hi, Lindsay,
>
> This is Judy, and it's been eons since I took algebra, but I remember
> sometimes using the Perkins brailler.  A mathematical device we used for
> math that didn't require letters was the Taylor slate.  I'm not sure how
> many people on the list have used them, but they were very handy, very fast,
> and you could look at multiple columns of numbers in realtime, without
> having to roll paper back and forth.
>
> I'm sure others on the list will have taken math courses after I did, and
> hopefully they will have ideas for you.
>
> Best wishes and am sure you'll do fine.  Make sure to stay in touch with
> your vision teacher if you have one, or someone local in your school
> district or agency for the blind.  Also look for someone blind in your
> locale who can either help or refer you to someone else.
>
> If you need further assistance, have questions, or need other ideas, please
> stay in touch with this list.
>
> Judy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lindsay" <cmlu1 at charter.net>
> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:03 AM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Question
>
>
>> My name is Lindsay.  This year in school I will be
>> taking Algebra.  I was wondering what the best way to
>> do equations would be.  To times they confuse me.  It
>> is especially hard when they have letters in them.
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