PPD/DP: MAVIS: Mathematics Accessible to Visually Impaired Students

面向视障学生的数学无障碍（MAVIS）是一个致力于确保数学教师与盲人学生之间的交流清晰而有意义的无障碍项目。在尝试建立这种通信时存在两个主要问题。首先，教师不能轻易地让这些学生获得他们的数学和科学教学和评估材料。第二，盲人学生不能独立地与老师交流他们的课程作业，很少有老师会熟练使用盲文。这项拟议研究的目标是让视障学生更好地进入科学、工程、数学和技术等教育领域。MAVIS项目的目标是确保全国的教师能够使用工具和渠道，以便他们能够在视力正常的同龄人的同时向学生提供高质量的材料；O为视障学生提供工具，使他们能够为教师制作高质量的标准打印技术文件；课堂上的电子设备是可访问的，所有这些不仅是可用的，而且是直观的学习。MAVIS建议支持和开展以下领域的研究和开发项目：(1)LaTex到Nemeth代码翻译过滤器；(2)反翻译滤波器；(3)数学屏幕阅读器和方程式浏览器；(4)可访问图形计算器和其他非mavis访问技术的测试和评估。MAVIS还将利用其盲文和触觉图像制作实验室，为新墨西哥州立大学提供科学、数学、工程和技术（SMET）课程。

Mathematics Accessible to Visually Impaired Students (MAVIS) is an access project dedicated to ensuring that communication between mathematics faculty and their blind students is clear and meaningful. Two major problems exist when attempting to establish this communication. First, faculty cannot easily make their mathematics and science instructional and assessment materials accessible to these students. Second, blind students cannot independently communicate their course work with faculty in print, and few teachers will be proficient in Braille codes. The goal of the proposed research is to give better access to visually impaired students to the educational domains of science, engineering, mathematics and technology. The objectives of the MAVIS project are to ensure: o that tools and channels are available to instructors nationwide so that they may be able to give their students quality materials at the same time as their sighted peers; o that tools are available to visually impaired students so they can produce quality standard print technical documents for their instructors; o that in-class electronic devices are accessible, and o that all of the above are not only usable, but also are intuitive to learn. MAVIS proposes to support and conduct research and development projects in the following areas: (1) LaTex to Nemeth code translation filter; (2) Back-translation filter; (3) Math screen readers and equation browsers, and (4) Testing and evaluation of an accessible graphing calculator and other non-MAVIS access technology. MAVIS will also use its Braille and tactile image production lab for science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) courses offered at New Mexico State University.