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

数学视障学生（MAVIS）是一个访问项目，致力于确保数学教师和他们的盲人学生之间的沟通是清晰和有意义的。 在试图建立这种通信时存在两个主要问题。 首先，教师不能很容易地使他们的数学和科学教学和评估材料，这些学生。 其次，盲人学生不能独立地与教师交流他们的课程作业，很少有教师会精通盲文代码。 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： 为教师提供工具和渠道 这样他们就能给学生 优质的材料，同时作为他们的有远见的同行; 为视障学生提供工具， 能制作质量标准的印刷技术文件， 他们的导师， 以便可访问类内电子设备，以及 因此，上述所有内容不仅可用，而且 直观的学习。 MAVIS建议在以下领域支持和开展研发项目：（1）LaTex到Nemeth代码翻译过滤器;（2）反向翻译过滤器;（3）数学屏幕阅读器和方程浏览器;以及（4）测试和评估无障碍图形计算器和其他非MAVIS访问技术。 MAVIS还将利用其盲文和触觉图像制作实验室，在新墨西哥州州立大学开设科学、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.