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The Quest for Access to Science by People with Print Impairments, by John A. Gardner

The TRIANGLE Math Workspace Program for the Blind

TRIANGLE is a DOS computer application intended for use by print-impaired students and professionals in science, engineering, and math. TRIANGLE includes:

• a math/science word processor,
• a graphing calculator,
• a viewer for y versus x plots,
• a table viewer,
• The Touch-and-Tell Program for audio and/or braille-assisted reading of tactile figures on an external digitizing pad,

The keyboard or any assistive device/software that emulates a keyboard may be used for input. TRIANGLE output may be viewed:

• Visually on the DOS text screen,
• Audibly using a screen-reading program and external voice synthesizer for text and the PC speaker or an SB16 compatible sound output for other audio,
• Tactilely using a braille screen access program and external refreshable braille display,
• Any or all of the above simultaneously.

A complete description, including pictures of the TRIANGLE screen in several modes and instructions for downloading TRIANGLE are available on the SAP TRIANGLE description page