[real-eyes] Re: what technology do you use for note taking?
- From: "Valorie Stanard" <vstanard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:50:20 -0600
Get them to get you an apex. You deserve it.
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Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 2:12 AM
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: what technology do you use for note taking?
thanks for all of the info. Ginny, it was thoughtful and detailed. It looks
like I'll be using my lap top and the victor.
Thanks again for your response.
Jose Lopez, President
Lopez Language Services, LLC
"We Speak Your Language"
Call us anytime at 888.824.3022
"This is what the LORD says: 'Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who
depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD'"
(Jeremiah 17:5).
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From: "V Nork" <ginisd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:50 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: what technology do you use for note taking?
> Hi Jose, As a returning adult student who graduated from college more than
> a
> couple of decades ago, I have followed a lot of the discussions about the
> best ways to take notes, as well as many other topics, on the National
> Association of blind College students list serve. I do not have at hand
> the exact url for the listbut I can send you it if you cannot find it.
> After a lot of reading posts and thinking about it,I think that one
> option
> that seems nice and cost effective for taking notes is to just use a
> laptop
> or net book, and type your notes in class as the prof lectures, usually
> you
> can wear headphones or an ear jack and adjust the sound so you can hear
> both
> your screen reader and the professor's brilliant words. Or this works for
> training sessions and business meetings and so on. Then, you can tape the
> lecture at the same time as you are typing away taking notes in some
> word
> format on your laptop, if you like, I think as a back up. This is just so
> you do not have to necessarily re live the entire possibly boring in
> parts
> lecture by listening to the taped version of the class unless you want..
> And you can always check details on the tape you might not have been a
> fast
> enough typist to catch (smile).Of course you can, with a digital recorder
> such as the stream, speed up the playback. And you can also bookmark
> certain sections of the lecture very easily with the stream and so on.
> One
> reason to use the strategy of typing into a word or other file from a
> netbook or laptop, and this is key point, is that it can keep you
> listening.
> Sometimes when I tape a lecture, I am not as engaged as when I am taking
> notes. So this is a mental thing. All this being said, I have taken all
> my classes just using the Victor Reader Stream. One example was a class I
> took in Chicano Literature, there were many hours of lecture, and I loved
> it. I had my books from Learning ally on the stream as well. And I got
> an
> A, so don't feel you must rush out if you have a Victor stream or good
> digital recorder to get new technology immediately necessarily, Imo, since
> I
> think you can get by. I just think the laptop for taking notes in some
> kind
> of word file and a digital recorder may be a good combination depending
> on
> your needs. A good digital recorder, without having to be the stream,
> may
> work as well, with the stream, you can take those meetings or lectures or
> parties or whatever and convert the notes to Wav files and store them in
> your home computer, as you probably know.Also, I have no experience with
> the
> notetaking devices such as the Braille note since they are a bit high for
> my
> budget, at least now. People on the student list love them as well. So
> it
> is of course a personal decision, and notetaking happens not only in class
> situations, but in meetings, gatherings, and so on. One key point I do
> have
> to stress is that if you use the Victor Reader Stream as a notetaker, you
> should try to sit up front, but really, if you have to sit in back of a
> class or down the table for a meeting, make sure you have some headphones
> so
> later you can turn up the volume enough to hear your lecture. It can be
> surprising how well the stream picks up most stuff. But when I can, I
> will
> be looking at a laptop or netbook and teaming that with my stream. Hope
> this is not just way too much info, best wishes, Ginny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Behalf Of Valorie Stanard
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 7:35 AM
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> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: what tecknolagy do you use for note taking?
>
> Hey Jose,
>
> I have been first a brailleLite user until 2000, and from then until now,
> I
> am a BrailleNote user. The Apex certainly does not do all it's cracked up
> to do, but it's a fine note taker. If you are a braille addict like I am,
> the state will buy you one. Personally, I don't like to record notes
> because it just means going back through them later. With apex, you can
> save them to whatever kind of file you like so you could look ata them on
> your laptop if you want to.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of jose
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:59 PM
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> Subject: [real-eyes] what tecknolagy do you use for note taking?
>
> needing some tips on note taking during a training class. What has worked
> for you? Last time I was in training we didn't have all of the cool
> tecknolagy we have today. I was planing to use a lap top, and maybe the
> victer stream as a back up.
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
> Jose Lopez, President
> Lopez Language Services, LLC
>
> "We Speak Your Language"
> Call us anytime at 888.824.3022
> "This is what the LORD says: 'Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who
> depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the
> LORD'"
> (Jeremiah 17:5).
>
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