[blindkid] How to chose a notetaker?

Dr. Denise M Robinson deniserob at gmail.com
Mon May 14 20:20:29 UTC 2012


If you are all interested in an overview of a huge majority of technologies
that are used today, I will be giving a presentation at the NFB convention
on Sat at 2, on the wide variety--which students prefer and which they do
not and a host of other information on how to prepare your child for the
future.
*Denise*

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision, LLC
Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision
509-674-1853


On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Bernadette Jacobs
<bernienfb75 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 5/13/12, Holly Baker Miller <hollym12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So...many...choices...
> >
> > Almost 12 yr old, going into 6th grade, fairly tech savvy, new braille
> user
> > who has appropriate respect for expensive electronics.
> > Only blind child in the district, this is new territory for everyone
> > involved.
> >
> > Mom & Dad are also fairly tech savvy but not brilliantly so :::grin:::
> >
> > Would like to be able to pair with i-devices,  student has an ipod touch
> > and there is a household i-pad.  District is discussing bringing i-pads
> > into the classroom for all students.
> > This is not a deal breaker, I would chose reliability over i-devices but
> > the i-devices would be a nice touch.
> >
> > So wise ones, what would you suggest?  Perhaps more importantly, what
> would
> > you suggest we avoid?
> >
> > Holly
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> Hi Holly!
>
> Have a couple suggestions for you.
>
> 1.  You could attach a blue tooth refreshable Braille Display for the
> Braille part.  You could also use a blue tooth keyboard.  We're going
> through the same thing with our 9-1/2 year-old daughter at MSB.  I
> understand they're going to begin using Ipads for all the students
> next year.
>
> As for me, I'm so dismayed with the notetakers' world, I'll never have
> a notetaker again because the maintenance agreements are over-priced.
> For the last notetaker I had I had actually had it for two years with
> upgraded software then found out that I had to have a hardware
> agreement and needed enough to upgrade hardware that I could've bought
> another new notetaker for cheaper!  Oh boy was I hot!  Down with
> notetakers.  My idea for me personally, might be to do a netbook with
> four-six gigs so I can install JAWS, use an earbud and be done with
> it.  Why haul around all these extra keyboards, braille displays when
> you can pack one thing up in one case and carry it
> over-the-shoulder?What's the point of being portable if I need to haul
> around an extra keyboard???  Oh Please!!
>
> Bern
>
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*Denise*

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision, LLC
Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision
509-674-1853

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