[access-uk] Re: Notetakers again
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:01:44 -0000
Jackie,
My favourite (done with care and friends I know well) is to wait until
they're trying to park the car and are struggling with the manoeuvre because
of lack of space, then I shout "Stop", or "You'll hit him if ..."
--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:13 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Notetakers again
Ari, I'll give you a laugh. I used my BN an awful lot at college,
particularly in classes where I wasn't doing practical work on the
Internet. We had a fantastic law tutor who constantly dictated notes to
everyone. After he'd done that, we would take it in turns to read out what
he'd dictated, so he could explain what he was referring to, and give us
an understanding of the various attributes to Journalism Law. But the
laugh was that they all used their pens for scribbling down everything.
John the tutor would always wait until I had stopped Brailling, then
continue. There would be shouts of: "John stop looking at what Jackie's
doing. She can write on that bloody thing for the rest of us. We can't
do shorthand so stop watching her and wait till we all lift our heads".
They all wanted the BN, even though they didn't have a clue how to use it.
But it meant I could not only get my notes down, but could also interact
in the reading because I could use the display to read back my notes when
it was my turn to share a passage.
It was a bit naughty, but I also played a little trick on that tutor. One
of the class leaned over to me one day and said: "I dare you to tell John
he's got a fiver sticking out of his shirt pocket. He really has, but
he'll wonder how you know". So when he came back into the room, I told
him, and the class was in uproar at the look of utter amazement on his
face. I couldn't resist it. I know I'm a devil that way.
Happy days.
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "ari" <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Notetakers again
Yes, it's true what you say about the audio. That was why I decided to
get a notetaker, was exactly because I didn't want to come home and have
to write everything down I recorded. I don't know how it works in the UK,
but Ray, what I did and maybe you could ask a dealer, is dealers here
allowed me to pay it off, which most people do, so you might be paying
for one or two years payments to get it. One thing I don't know if you
guys ever saw them, but what the Uni also has for people while they
arrange their notetakers, are these ones that used to be made by Artic, a
BraillePad, if you want to use old technology and always keystrokes to do
anything, try one of those! Has a nice diary feature though. There's also
many second-hand braille lites, but I've never used one.
Ari
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