Unit 1 11-14 iSonic Alternate

[VictoriaWeaver]

Look for possible alternate (free/open source) with tutorial.

[VictoriaWeaver]

MathTrax- compatible with Windows and Mac
Free, requires JDK installation
Source: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/mathtrax/download.htm

Good for math/physics/data analysis
Graphs data, provides examples
Auditory description of graph (scan left to right):

• "ping" at y-axis
• background static below x-axis
• increasing pitch as height of graph increases
• decreasing pitch as height of graph decreases

[VictoriaWeaver]

MathTrax has limited application to data and graph-able equations. The physics section is limited to roller coaster and rocket launching simulations (rocket launches are most likely beyond this scope).

In settings, the user can change visual aspects of the graph (data point color, line color, line size, etc.) and can create his/her own default settings.

[VictoriaWeaver]

MathTrax Note for Mac: When tried to change colors in settings, pop-up windows were not functional.

Was able to change:

• Text Description
• Line Size
• Sound trace indicator (yes/no)
• Automatically Scale Graph (yes/no)
• Could also choose equation files and roller coaster equation files.

***Needs to be tested for functionality in Windows

[jshong92]

MathTrax Note for Windows: Same problem with Mac; Color change in setting, pop-up windows were not functional. Have to force quit the program once clicked.

Everything else works fine like it does on Mac.