Sources for Braille Math and Science Textbooks
Fred's Head would like to thank Susan Osterhaus susanosterhaus@tsbvi.edu of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/#About for allowing us to reprint this information. The comments that follow some of the entries in this list are hers, unless otherwise noted.
- APH
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
Toll-free: 800-223-1839
Fax: 502-899-2274
Email: info@aph.org
Web: American Printing House: http://www.aph.org
- Also check the LOUIS database.
- Also check the LOUIS database.
- Computers to Help People
825 East Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-257-5917
Fax: 608-257-3480
Email: director@chpi.org
Web: Computers to Help People: http://www.chpi.org
- If you are a blind engineer, mathematician or scientist you may be interested in the Technical Braille Center established by a non-profit organization. This center will produce highly technical material in Nemeth Code braille. Tactile graphics will be included where practical. Books will be available to anyone at prices depending on the cost of production.
- If you are a blind engineer, mathematician or scientist you may be interested in the Technical Braille Center established by a non-profit organization. This center will produce highly technical material in Nemeth Code braille. Tactile graphics will be included where practical. Books will be available to anyone at prices depending on the cost of production.
- Emerald City Braille Center
Lane Regional Program
200 North Monroe
Eugene, OR 97402- Transcription of print materials into Literary or Nemeth Braille; interlined Literary Braille on a Transcend System; minimum order: 20 pages.
- Transcription of print materials into Literary or Nemeth Braille; interlined Literary Braille on a Transcend System; minimum order: 20 pages.
- gh, LLC
3000 Kent Ave.
Suite E2-201
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Phone: 765-775-3776
Email: info@ghbraille.com
Web: GH, LLC: http://www.ghbraille.com- Math and science textbooks in braille, tactile graphics, other products and services.
- Math and science textbooks in braille, tactile graphics, other products and services.
- National Braille Association
3 Townline Circle
Rochester, NY 14623-2513
Phone: 716-427-8260
Fax: 716-427-0263
Help-Line: 800-244-5797
Email: nbaoffice@compuserve.com
Web:National Braille Association: http://www.nationalbraille.org- Mission: To provide continuing educationto those who prepare braille, and to provide braille materials to persons who are visually impaired. (For example: Nemeth Code Reference Sheet, publications and workshops on Nemeth Code, tactile graphics, and Nemeth translation software).
- Mission: To provide continuing educationto those who prepare braille, and to provide braille materials to persons who are visually impaired. (For example: Nemeth Code Reference Sheet, publications and workshops on Nemeth Code, tactile graphics, and Nemeth translation software).
- National Braille Press Inc.
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 800-548-7323
Fax: 617-437-0456
Email: orders@nbp.org
Web: National Braille Press: http://www.nbp.org
- Math textbooks
- Math textbooks
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
Phone: 202-707-9275 or 202-707-5100
Toll-free: 800-424-8567
Fax: 202-707-0712
Email: nls@loc.gov
Web: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/nls/
- Administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries. Can also supply a booklet listing others willing to braille materials.
- Administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries. Can also supply a booklet listing others willing to braille materials.
- Region IV Educucation Service Center
Computer Braille Center
7145 West Tidwell
Houston, TX 77092-2096
Phone: 713-744-8144
Fax: 713-744-8148- Producer of Nemeth Code and tactile graphics materials including textbooks and standardized assessments.
- Producer of Nemeth Code and tactile graphics materials including textbooks and standardized assessments.
- Region 20 Education Service Center
Braille Department
1314 Hines Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78208-1899
Phone: 800-514-9310
Fax: 210-370-5696
Web: Region 20 Education Service Center: http://www.braille.edu- Producer of Nemeth Code and tactile graphics materials including textbooks.
- Producer of Nemeth Code and tactile graphics materials including textbooks.
- Braille Works
941 Darby Lake Street
Seffner, FL 33584
Toll Free: 800-258-7544
Web: http://www.brailleworks.com - Visual Aid Volunteers
617 State Street
Garland, TX 75040
Phone: 214-272-1615
Email: tx.braille@gte.net
- Producer of Nemeth Code and tactile graphics materials including textbooks.
- Producer of Nemeth Code and tactile graphics materials including textbooks.
- Valley Braille Services
4615 Swenson Street
Suite 210B
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Phone: 702-733-6941
Web: Valley Braille Services: http://www.valleybraille.com
Even if a textbook is available, worksheets,reviews, tests, and other math materials will need to be transcribed into Nemeth code. I would suggest using translation software for these. [Fred's Head notes: Ms Osterhaus recommends using either MegaDots or else Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT WIN 10.3) in conjunction with Scientific Notebook. See her comments following MacKichan Software below]
- Duxbury Systems, Inc.
435 King Street
P.O.Box 1504
Littleton, MA 01460
Phone: 978-692-3000
Fax: 978-486-9712
Web: Duxbury Systems, Inc: http://www.duxburysystems.com
Email for general inquiries: info@duxsys.com
Email for technical support: support@duxsys.com
Email to Webmaster: webmaster@duxsys.com
Email for MegaDots support: caryn@duxsys.com - MacKichan Software, Inc.
600 Ericksen, Suite 300
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Phone: 877-SCI-NOTE
Fax: 206-780-2857
Email: sales@mackichen.com
Web: MacKichan Software, Inc.: http://www.mackichan.com
- With Scientific Notebook, create attractive documents with text, mathematics, and graphics, have it compute the solutions, import data from your graphing calculator, connect to the Internet and download documents, then translate to Nemeth Code and/or convert to large print. (See Duxbury)
The resulting Nemeth code materials need to be proofread and any errors corrected by an expert.
If the student is at the college level, it would be advisable to speak with people who are experienced with producing college materials in Nemeth code.
[Fred's Head would like to add that Ms. Osterhaus' web site contains a great deal of useful information refined through her 20+ years of experience teaching at the TSBVI. The URL follows below. It is well worth a visit!] Computers to Help People, Inc. (CHPI) is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1981 and based in Madison, Wisconsin. One of the organization's central services is its Technical Braille Center (TBC). The TBC produces textbooks in Braille, large print, and electronic formats for scientists, engineers and other professionals who are blind, dsylexic or paralyzed. TBC textbooks are transcribed according to the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics and Scientific Notation, 1972, and all graphs are provided on thermoform sheets. The organization takes custom orders and, once completed, offers copies of transcribed text books for sale. You may also search for CHPI text books in the Louis Database of Accessible Materials on the APH web site.
CHPI's founder and Executive Director, John J. Boyer, is himself both deaf and blind. In addition to his duties with CHPI, Mr. Boyer provides computer-training for disabled Madison-area residents and refurbishes old, donated computers for disabled people who could not afford them.
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