[nabs-l] Note taking

Ryan Silveira ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
Tue Dec 31 21:15:33 UTC 2013


If you have a BrailleNote APex or a Braille Sence U2, you can also
connect it to the iPad or iPhone using bluetooth and use it as a
bluetooth keyboard and braille display.  That way, you can even mute
Voiceover and read what your phone is saying on the display.

Ryan

On 12/31/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Last I checked there was a Dragon Dictate app for the IPhone in the
> app store.  It did a slightly better job than the IOS dictation, but
> it wasn't considerable enough for me to really say it was great for a
> long note.  It worked fine for writing quick emails and the like.
>
> If you're just looking to get stuff written down faster than you could
> using the on-screen keyboard, how about looking into an external case
> for your phone with a qwerty keyboard?  I had one that connected via
> bluetooth and it can save a lot of time.  AT Guys usually has them for
> a pretty good price if you're interested.
>
> On 12/31/13, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Good jorning, Don't forget mr. Victor Stream whose Mic is quite
>> good.. if looking for a relitavely low-tech way.
>> for today, Car
>>
>> /2013, Mikayla Gephart wrote:
>>>I also like the Victor Reader Stream, but that is not an IPhone app.
>>>
>>>Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>On Dec 30, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > You could also use an Olympus recorder to capture a clear recording.
>>> > Smartphones are great but not necessarily equipped with the best
>>> > microphones. Then I think, though you'd have to check me on this, you
>>> > could
>>> > use something like Dragon to convert the audio to text. It's an
>>> > expensive
>>> > suggestion, but I don't think you'll find an app to do exactly what
>>> > you're
>>> > looking for. If there is such a thing, by all means let us in on it.
>>> >
>>> > Joe
>>> >
>>> > --
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>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joseph
>>> > Hudson
>>> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 2:01 PM
>>> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Note taking
>>> >
>>> > Hello Bobby, you can do that would just about any app, my pages
>>> or the notes
>>> > app on the iPhone but it won't pick up voices that are very far away
>>> > and
>>> > if
>>> > it does it's definitely going to probably typed the wrong thing. And
>>> > you
>>> > will have to restart dictation, about every minute to 30 seconds.
>>> >
>>> > Joseph Hudson
>>> > Email
>>> > jhud7789 at yahoo.com Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> >> On Dec 29, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Bobbi Pompey <pompey2010 at yahoo.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hello,
>>> >>
>>> >> Does anyone know of any good iPhone or iPad apps for dictating? I
>>> >> would
>>> > like to try an app that could possibly write everything said during a
>>> > lecture, meeting, seminar, etc.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks!
>>> >>
>>> >> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
>>> >> (336) 988-6375
>>> >> pompey2010 at yahoo.com
>>> >> http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey
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