[Blindtlk] Question

[Brett Winchester]

I have commented primally that the Taylor would work well for Sudoku.  I
have had poor luck with the windows version so far due to a setup
problem that I have not solved yet.  

>>> judy.t.jones at earthlink.net 8/21/2006 11:48 AM >>>
That's very true for equations.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question


>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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