[jaws-uk] Re: Shorthand / Speed audio typing tutorials

Hi

Thanks.  Yes I've used a Braille 'n' Speak.  I'd reasoned that I'd save =
time by taking notes on a laptop directly.  Regrettably, my Braille 'n' =
Speak has been damaged, so I'm forced to use my laptop anyway.

Thanks
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Gena

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Jena,

There is no quick fix on this one.  If you are a good Brailist you could =
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a Braille note taker with a Braille keyboard.  I used a Braille n Speak =
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taking lecture notes and got far more down than sighted people.  Other=20
students used to ask me for copies of my notes.

You could learn the Braille shorthand system but you have to be able to=20
think in the right way to become really fast.

Write to me off list if I can help I am quite happy to do so.

Norman.
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From: "Georgina Joyce" <gena-j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Jaws-UK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Shorthand / Speed audio typing tutorials


> Hi All
>
> I've been typing for some years using the techniques gained at =3D=20
> Loughborough.  I'd like to build upon my speed to the level where I =
=3D=20
> could type a lecture verbatim.  While I can type quite fast, I can't =
=3D=20
> hear what is being said and type until I've heard a whole phrase. =20
> When =3D the speaker breaks from a incomplete sentence and starts=20
> another, it =3D throws me completely.  So I'm looking for a self=20
> learning tutorial to =3D give me practice and a development of a=20
> workable technique.  Whether it =3D would be just a speed issue, or=20
> learning a shorthand system.  I wondered =3D and tried using the =
Braille=20
> system and have Word automatically expand =3D the abbreviations but =
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> I try to apply Braille abbreviations, I'm =3D expecting a Braille=20
> keyboard, which throws me.
>
> Anyone know of such guidance that can help me as a jaws user?  Does =
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> anyone have the experience of the RNIB's audio typing tutorial, if so, =

> =3D would it help me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gena
>
>
> Tel 01772 380039 Mobile: 07876 502276
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