[jaws-uk] Re: Shorthand / Speed audio typing tutorials
- From: "Dr Norman Waddington" <warwickhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:00:38 -0000
Tristrum,
When I was taking lecture notes I used a Braille n Speak for note taking and
then sent a text file to my PC. I found this very efficient and got far
more down that sighted people.
Norman.
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From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:27 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Shorthand / Speed audio typing tutorials
> It has been so many years since I was at college reading for a degree,
> being partially sighted I attempted hand written notes in the first term
> but they proved difficult to read without a subsequent re-transciption.
> Later I scraped enough money to buy a first non mobile PC. Then I did
> used to type up lecture notes verbatim from tapes afterwards and even
> managed to sell the resulting notes back to a course tutor and makes you
> popular with sighted peers as well. However this is both the wrong
> technique and also time consuming. The technique you need to get is note
> taking rather than changing mode of input to braille or shorthand. Most
> of your sighted peers should be doing this as physically they cannot go as
> quick as a good typeist at full speed. The problem with verbatim
> transcipts is you will end up with reams of stuff, some of whichi probably
> will not make sense because it is speech and certainly may be too much to
> review when you need to. If your course does have end
> of year, term or semester exams you will want concise rather than ultra
> detailed notes to review.
> I believe now some colleges and universities will do note taking classes
> for students, at the time I attended these were unheard of but I think are
> more common now. The second thing is that as regards typeing you want
> accuracy rather than speed because if you are taking notes rather than
> typeing verbatim you will not need to go top speed. If you concentrate on
> accuracy then you may possibly even turn off your typeing echo if you get
> very confident and accurate.
>
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Sight and Sound Technology
> Technical Support
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Georgina Joyce
> 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 =
> Loughborough. I'd like to build upon my speed to the level where I =
> could type a lecture verbatim. While I can type quite fast, I can't =
> hear what is being said and type until I've heard a whole phrase. When =
> the speaker breaks from a incomplete sentence and starts another, it =
> throws me completely. So I'm looking for a self learning tutorial to =
> give me practice and a development of a workable technique. Whether it =
> would be just a speed issue, or learning a shorthand system. I wondered
> =
> and tried using the Braille system and have Word automatically expand =
> the abbreviations but when I try to apply Braille abbreviations, I'm =
> expecting a Braille keyboard, which throws me.
>
> Anyone know of such guidance that can help me as a jaws user? Does =
> anyone have the experience of the RNIB's audio typing tutorial, if so, =
> would it help me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gena
>
>
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