tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post5475535132799896967..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: What does a blind mathematician do? (No, this is not a joke.)Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-19528986198581300682008-01-16T17:03:00.000-08:002008-01-16T17:03:00.000-08:00And... here it is! A math reader for blind studen...And... here it is! A math reader for blind students. <A HREF="http://tcmtechnologyblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/math-reader-for-blind-students.html" REL="nofollow">Link here</A>Maria H. Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686325011770339309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-10685166968905999242008-01-11T08:37:00.000-08:002008-01-11T08:37:00.000-08:00Oh, people complain all the time about writing cor...Oh, people complain all the time about writing correct programs. Or they just don't do it. The program just needs to work well enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-25808751192361700932008-01-10T13:32:00.000-08:002008-01-10T13:32:00.000-08:00The question: How Does A System Like AsTeR Handle ...The question: How Does A System Like AsTeR Handle ``Incorrect''<BR/>Notation<BR/>is a deep one and not easy to answer in a margin;-)<BR/><BR/>Here are some high-level issues that come up and were addressed<BR/>in AsTeR:<BR/><BR/>0. In a system like AsTeR one needs to handle both correct and<BR/>incorrect math notation because otherwise you wouldn't be able to<BR/>speak things that were incorrect, and if you couldn't the user<BR/>depending on the system would never be able to correct things.<BR/><BR/>1. AsTeR was the system that taught me the importance of good<BR/>markup -- that discipline has stayed with me through LaTeX and<BR/>now in XHTML. Though people kick and scream with respect to<BR/>writing correct markup --- no one appears to complain when it<BR/>comes to writing correct programs --- the disconnect continues to<BR/>remain a mystery to me.<BR/>The argument usually goes "everyone needs to write documents,<BR/>only some people need to program" -- but I assert that that<BR/>distinction is getting increasingly blurred -- and as it does<BR/>so, it would be wise to bring some of the discipline that<BR/>software engineering teaches us to the art of writing.<BR/><BR/>For the gruesome details on how AsTeR handled complex TeX, and<BR/>what it could and couldn't do, see my PhD thesis that does<BR/>document the details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-87188029240046662742008-01-10T01:43:00.000-08:002008-01-10T01:43:00.000-08:00Pontryagin was blind (since his teen years), and ...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Semenovich_Pontryagin" REL="nofollow">Pontryagin</A> was blind (since his teen years), and it didn't prevent him from doing maths. (Although he for many years was helped a lot by him mother, who read for him)dimpasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14596969929730094920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-45861501391919110752008-01-09T20:51:00.000-08:002008-01-09T20:51:00.000-08:00I'm working on a blog post about how you can use s...I'm working on a blog post about how you can use some of the Design Science software for accessibility. Bob (the MathType guy) demoed it for me on Sunday and it's really cool and seems pretty accurate. He said he would make a short video to show us a demo of the software online for me to post, so I guess I'm saying... stay tuned!Maria H. Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686325011770339309noreply@blogger.com