Accessible Math Technology for Tomorrowland Today

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Accessible Math Technology for Tomorrowland Today

• AER Where Dreams Come True!
• Biennial International Conference
• Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort
• ORLANDO, FLORIDA
• July 13-18, 2004

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Presented bySusan A. Osterhaus

• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• 1100 West 45th Street
• Austin, TX 78756
• [phone]
• susanosterhaus_at_tsbvi.edu
• http//www.tsbvi.edu/math/

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Accessible Math Technology for Tomorrowland Today

• Scientific and Graphing Calculators
• Software
• Hardware

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display
• Talking
• Braille
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display

• Software Programs
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display
• Combination
• Large Display
• Refreshable Braille
• Talking
• Tactile Graphics
• AudioWave

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display

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Sci-Pod Large Display Scientific Calculator

• Sight Enhancement Systems (Canada)Phone
  519-221-0310
• Fax [phone]
• Email sales_at_sightenhancement.com Website
  http//www.sightenhancement.com

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display
• Talking

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Audiocalc Talking Scientific Calculator

• Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique
  de Québec
• Québec, Canada
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Website http//www.irdpq.qc.ca/
• http//www.tsbvi.edu/math/talk-sci-calc.htm
• Available in English, French,
• and Spanish.

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CAPTEK DIGI-VOICE Scientific Calculator

• CAPTEKCustom Applied Technology104 Lincoln
  HighwayBerwyn, PA, U.S.A.Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone] Technical Hot Line
  800-888-7401
• http//www.tsbvi.edu/math/talk-sci-calc.htm
• Available in English only.

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RNIB Talking Scientific Calculator

• Royal National Institute for the Blind
• London, United Kingdom Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail cservices_at_rnib.org.uk
• E-mail exports_at_rnib.org.uk
• Website http//rnib.org.uk/
• http//www.tsbvi.edu/math/talk-sci-calc.htm
• Available in English only.

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ORION TI-34 Talking Scientific Calculator

• Orbit ResearchWilmington, DE, U.S.A.Phone
  888-60-ORBIT
• FAX [phone]E-mail carla.morris_at_orbitresear
  ch.com Website http//www.orbitresearch.com
• Available in English only.

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display
• Talking
• Braille

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Leo Braille Display Scientific Calculator

• Robotron GroupSensory Tools DivisionOakleigh,
  AustraliaPhone 61 3 9568 2568FAX [phone]
  1377E-mail info_at_sensorytools.com Website
  http//www.sensorytools.com/
• (Presently out of stock.)

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display
• Talking
• Braille
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display

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TI Graphing Calculator Screen Enlargement
Solution

• TI Education Portal Dallas, TX, U.S.A.Phone
  800-TI-CARESE-mail ti-cares_at_ti.com Website
  http//education.ti.comE-mail
  workshop-loan_at_ti.com Website
  http//education.ti.com/us/resources/borrow/borrow
  .html

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display
• Talking
• Braille
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display

• Software Programs
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display

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TI-83 Plus Software Development Kit WatchMe
Ware TI-83 Plus Tutor

• http//www.education.ti.com
• http//www.watchmeware.com
• Substitute for no longer available TI-83 Trainer
  

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Scientific Notebook

• MacKichan Software, Inc.
• Poulsbo, WA, U.S.A.Phone [phone]Fax
  360-394-6039E-mail info_at_mackichan.comWebsite
  http//www.mackichan.com

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Scientific and Graphing Calculators

• Stand-Alone
• Scientific
• Large Display
• Talking
• Braille
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display

• Software Programs
• Graphing Scientific
• Large Display
• Combination
• Large Display
• Refreshable Braille
• Talking
• Tactile Graphics
• AudioWave

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Software Accessories for BrailleNotetakers

• Blazies Braille Lite http//www.blazie.com/pages/
  software.html
• Talking Scientific Calculator with refreshable
  braille
• Graph-It (tactile graphics and audiowave)

• HumanWares BrailleNote http//www.braillenote.com
  
• Talking Scientific Calculator with refreshable
  braille

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Accessible Graphing Calculator (AGC)

• ViewPlus TechnologiesCorvallis, OR,
  U.S.A.Phone [phone]FAX 541-
  738-6505E-mail vpt_at_ViewPlusTech.com Website
  http//www.viewplustech.com
• Large Display, Self-Voiced, Print and Tactile
  Graphics, AudioWave

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GTCalc

• Horizon Software
• Victoria, Australia
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail tcalc_at_horizonsoftware.com.au
• Website http//www.horizonsoftware.com.au
• Large Display, Self-Voiced, Print
• Graphics, Audiowave.

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Software Hardware

• Nemeth Translation Packages
• Teaching Nemeth Code
• Electronic White Boards
• Teaching/Drilling Math Concepts
• Graphics Embossers
• Voice Recognition Software
• Talking Tactile Touchpads
• Online Accessible Mathematics

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Nemeth Translation Packageshttp//www.tsbvi.edu/m
ath/nemeth-trans.htm

• Duxbury ? DBT WIN 10.3 or MegaMath
  http//www.duxburysystems.com
• MacKichan Scientific Notebook http//www.mackicha
  n.com

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Scientific DBT WIN Notebook
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Teaching Nemeth Code

• The Computerized Nemeth Code Tutor
• http//www.tsbvi.edu/math/math-resources.htm
• The Nemeth Code Self-Study for the Braille Lite
• http//www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/
• notenemeth.asp

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Electronic White Boards

• Virtual Ink Corporation
• http//www.mimio.com

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SMART Board

• http//smarttech.com

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Teaching Math Concepts

• addition
• subtraction
• multiplication
• division
• VPAlgebra now
• in beta version!
• Virtual Pencil
• http//www.hentermath.com

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Drilling Basic Math Facts

• Fun self-voiced
• software program

Math Flash http//www.aph.org
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Tiger Graphics EmbossersTiger Pro, Tiger Max,
Tiger Cub, or Tiger Cub Jr
http//www.viewplustech.com NOW 3-D

• high resolution (20 dots per inch) windows
  printer driver
• create and emboss through MS Office, graphics
  programs, AGC, mimio, Duxbury, MegaMath, and
  more
• faster, quieter, easier than before
• interpoint and intergraphix
• stack paper or tractor media, or both

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Voice Recognition Software

• MathPadTM By VoiceTM
• MathTalkTM/Scientific NotebookTM
• MathTalkTM/Scientific WorkPlaceTM
• http//www.metroplexvoice.com/  

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SAL Speech Assisted Learning

• http//www.freedomscientific.com

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TTT Talking Tactile Tablet

• http//www.touchgraphics.com

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Chameleon Tactile Touch Pad

• http//www.viewplus.com

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NIST (National Institute of Standards and
Technology) Tactile Graphic Display

• http//www.nist.gov

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Refreshable Braille Display

• http//www.iactivcorp.com

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NASAs Online Math Description Engine (MDE)

• Graphing Calculator Math Trax
• http//www.prime.jsc.nasa.gov/demo/IAL/

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Math Players Math-to-Speech Technology

• Design Science http//www.dessci.com
  

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MathSpeak

• In MathEQ Expression Editor
• highlight an expression and
• MathSpeak This to hear your
• computer read the expression
• as a human would read it aloud.
• http//www.livemath.com
• http//www.mathspeak.org