[nabs-l] Recording College Classes with a BrailleNote Apex

[Aleeha Dudley]

The BookSense and Victor Stream are more expensive than the Olympus recorders and are not dedicated recorders. 
> On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Karl Martin Adam <kmaent1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All this is true, but there are ways of dealing with some of these problems.  As far as space is concerned, you can change the settings for the level of quality of recording that your apex makes (see the manual for how to do this).  For something like a class, lower quality works fine and reduces the size of the files you're recording.  I would also suggest recording to an SD card or a USB thumbdrive rather than to the internal memory, which is somewhat limited.  If the sound of typing really bothers you, you could always invest in an external microphone, though I've always managed without.  (I have a qt though, which is quieter than the bt).  All that being said, you probably are better off with a dedicated recording device like the Victor Stream from HumanWare or the Booksense from Himes.  I would also suggest that you think about whether you really need to record classes.  I recorded my first three years of college, but then I lost my recorder and realized that I didn't need it since I almost never listened to any of the recordings.  If you can take good notes, reviewing them is much more efficient than listening to the entire lecture over again.  Some people learn better by listening though or aren't very good note takers, so experiment to see what works for you.
> 
> HTH,
> Karl
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com>,National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 07:57:46 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording College Classes with a BrailleNote Apex
> 
> Yes, if you have enough memory on your Apex, you can record your class. However, these recordings are large and, if you intend to type on your Apex while the class is recording, good luck understanding what was happening while the keyboard was thundering in your recording. It might be better for you to invest in a dedicated digital recorder, like the accessible ones from Olympus. They are a bit expensive, but the recording quality is excellent and you can navigate through the recordings and record long classes while still maintaining the precious little space available on your Apex. If you do decide to record with the Apex, you can use the cursor routing buttons, along with space with all the braille dots separately to move by various increments.
> HTH,
> Aleeha
> On Jan 5, 2015, at 2:59 AM, Helga Schreiber via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone! How are you all? Happy New Year all! Can you record a one hour and fifteen minutes class with a BrailleNote Apex? If so, how can I do that? And can you go back and go forward with the recording? I'm just wondering since I have a BrailleNote Apex and this semester I'm taking a Literature class in college. Actually, some of you gave  me some suggestions in how to record my class with my iPhone, and i really appreciate it a lot. Now, since I hav a BrailleNote Apex, I'm wondering how to do it! I will really appreciate it a lot, if you could help me with this! Hope to hear form you soon. Thanks so much and God bless!
> 
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