Braille math made easy.

DBT WIN prints advanced MATH TO BRAILLE!

If you are doing mathematics, you may want to use Scientific Notebook (SN) and take advantage of Duxbury's LaTeX importer. Create and print your print or large print math. Save the file. Then open your Scientific Notebook LaTeX file and go to braille. Here are some examples of math equations followed by the associated Nemeth (American math) braille:

Image - A series of three displays ink print with braille maths below.
+y^3 .k z^="x^2

Image shows second equation in print
#2(x)+3(y+12) .k #3?x/y#(y-6)^2

Image shows third equation in print
!;a^b"f(x)dx

"SPATIAL MATH " is out of this world with DBT.

In summary, you will create a blank print document and enter everything but your math. Then translate to braille and enter your math information directly utilizing the number pad!

  1. Ctrl + n to open a new print document.
  2. Choose print document and press enter. You should now be in a blank print file.
  3. Alt + l (l as in Lima) to open the layout menu
  4. M to open the math code menu
  5. enter key, this will put you in "technical context". In English this means you are working on a Nemeth document.
  6. Type in all your text etc leaving some blank space for your math problems. When finished...
  7. CTRL+T to translate your print file into braille.
  8. Put your NUM LOCK on. Then use the number keys, space bar, and function keys to enter your math.

Hint #1 you will want to use the "3" key to get your dot 2,5 lines.

Hint #2 if you go to VIEW and choose full page you get a better idea of the layout of the math on the full page while you are keying it in.

Hint #3 you can use search and replace to replace multiplication and division signs with dot product, cross product, line between dots division sign as you please.