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Reading and writing mathematics: the MAVIS project

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Assets '98: Proceedings of the third international ACM conference on Assistive technologies

Pages 136 - 143

https://doi.org/10.1145/274497.274524

Published: 01 January 1998 Publication History

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One of the greatest challenges to the visually impaired student in science and mathematics disciplines is the reading and writing of complex mathematical equations or have convenient access to information based tools such as the world wide web. In research currently underway at New Mexico State University, tools are being built using logic programming to facilitate access to complex information in a variety of formats. On top of the logic based tools, new interfaces are being designed to permit more convenient access to information by our visually impaired students.

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Assets '98: Proceedings of the third international ACM conference on Assistive technologies

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DOI:10.1145/274497

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Meera M. Blattner
Univ. of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore CA
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Arthur I. Karshmer
New Mexico State Univ.

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