[NABS-L] Looking For Good Notetaking Apps

[Louis Maher]

Hi Nic,

Notepad  glitches less with screen readers than does word.


Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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Hi Louis, 

Thank you for the suggestions. I did not realize Notepad can work better than Word since they are both similar. Are there certain aspects of Notepad that you find better than Word or is it just that it glitches less with a screen reader? 

Thank You,
Nic 



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Hello Nic,

I will recommend the Orbit 20 (or the Orbit 40) for note taking.  It is portable, has a long battery life, and almost instant on.  

If you are going to use a laptop for notes, take notes with notepad, which will be faster for notetaking than MS word.




Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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Hi everyone, 

 

I had a meeting recently with my disability office coordinator and he asked me how I take notes. In high school, I took notes mainly by myself. I typed my notes in Word.

 

I know that as an engineering student, things will get more complicated and it may be good to have either a note taker or have some kind of app to use for notetaking. I think I want to try and not have a note taker because I am an auditoary learner. If someone handwrites notes, I am unable to magnify them. I have also heard that sometimes professors will move quickly and the student is just along for the ride (depending on the professor of course). 

 

Are there any notetaking apps where you can record a lecture and then have the audio be converted into a transcript? Are there any apps where you can type your notes as you are recording the lecture so that you can review your notes that were taken at the given time point? 

 

Thank You, 

Nic 

 

 

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