[NABS-L] taking notes at college

[Keri Svendsen]

Good afternoon.


I have one earbud in that goes to my laptop, and I listen to lecture, 
and am able to do such. I also have a human notetaker who is paid to 
take notes to give to me. I though have weird issues sometimes  due to 
some other medical issues, so this is a great help. My notetaker can 
also get everything off the projector/board that the professor doesn't 
necessarily read off too.


On 6/16/2018 3:19 AM, Theodore Tsolakis via NABS-L wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question regarding note-taking during college lectures and
> tutorials. I live in Australia, so apologize if there are differences
> between Australian and United States colleges, but I hope you will
> still be able to provide me with useful information.
>
> Currently I am in high school, and to make notes during class, I use a
> braille notetaker connected to a laptop computer as a braille display.
> When taking notes in class, I do not receive any speech feedback from
> my screen reader. I will be unable to use this system at college
> because the desks are not large enough to accommodate both devices.
>
> I know that I could take notes by just using my braille notetaker, but
> I worry that, although I am able to type braille relatively quickly, I
> am unable to reach the typing speed that I would have when using a
> QWERTY keyboard. I know that I could also take notes just using a
> laptop computer with an ear bud in only one ear so that I will be able
> to hear what the lecturer is saying, but I worry that I will struggle
> to listen to both my screen reader echoing the text that I have typed
> as well as the new information the lecturer is providing.
>
> I am wondering what systems college students such as yourselves employ
> for notetaking. What have you tried? What has worked well? What has
> not worked so well for you? I am open to all opinions and advice as I
> have other assistive technology products as well.
>
> Theodore
>
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Keri Svendsen