[Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes

Dr. Denise M. Robinson dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 22 22:19:54 UTC 2011


Albert
I need to be careful here, yes, hand written notes as in printed text. I did try cursive, but it misses too many of the characters and does not translate well...printing letters as in from the hand....did I do a better job of explaining?--smile

 
       Denise 
 
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com
 
http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
 



>________________________________
>From: Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org>
>To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List' <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes
>
>Denise,
>
>Not sure I am understanding you. when I saw it demonstrated it was doing so
>with printed text. are you saying it can also do the same thing with hand
>written documents?
>
>Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>Founder
>My Blind Spot, Inc.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org
>[mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M.
>Robinson
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:16 PM
>To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes
>
>Albert
>Yes, I am so amazed at the accuracy too. I tried drawing pies and other
>graphs and though when you translate the handwriting into text it will take
>out the pictures, but the words are still there. If low vision, you can get
>a PDF image of it and enlarge for the low vision student, or just keep it on
>the computer and they can enlarge it themselves...technology is really a wow
>thing
>
>       Denise 
>
>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
>Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
>TechVision-Independent Contractor
>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
>509-674-1853    deniserob at gmail.com <mailto:deniserob at gmail.com> 
>
>http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
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>    
>    From: Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org>
>    To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'
><pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>    Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:51 PM
>    Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes
>    
>    Denise and all,
>    
>    I actually had a friend  who uses this tool demonstrate the same in
>my
>    presence. It is fantastic  and very very precise. It is more precise
>then my
>    kursweil scanner. 
>    
>    Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>    Founder
>    My Blind Spot, Inc.
>    90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>    New York, New York  10004
>    www.myblindspot.org
>    PH: 917-553-0347
>    Fax: 212-858-5759
>    "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one
>who is
>    doing it."
>    
>    
>    Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
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>    
>    
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org
>    [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M.
>    Robinson
>    Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:32 PM
>    To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
>    Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes
>    
>    Ok Lori--there is
>    The NFB-Kurzweil reader is the size of a phone because it is a phone
>but
>    also has a camera attached. You hold it over anything in print about
>your
>    elbow to arm length, take a picture and it will read the text to
>you. I will
>    do a longer blog on this to more fully explain its capabilites 
>    
>          Denise 
>    
>    Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
>    Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
>    TechVision-Independent Contractor
>    Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
>    509-674-1853    deniserob at gmail.com <mailto:deniserob at gmail.com> 
>    
>    http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
>    
>    
>    
>        
>        From: Zephyr <twilight2 at kconline.com>
>        To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
>    <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>        Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:04 PM
>        Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes
>        
>        
>        Wow! It's not Sci-fi any more?
>        
>        Now, I want an ap that can scan and read hand-writing. I can
>always
>    hope there already something in existence that I am just in the dark
>about.
>        
>        Thanks for sharing the topics which should be brought to the
>    attention of all blind students, families, and teachers and
>administrators.
>        
>        
>    
>            ----- Original Message ----- 
>            From: Dr. Denise M. Robinson
>    <mailto:dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com>            To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
>    <mailto:pibe-division at nfbnet.org>            Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:44 PM
>            Subject: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes
>    
>            
>    
>            Digital Handwritten Notes
>    
><http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/09/digital-handwritten-notes.html
>    >  
>    
>            Digital Handwritten Notes. it sounds like an oxymoron...kind
>    of like a hairy bald guy, but it is here.
>            
>            The writing surface is about the size of a small piece of
>    paper. The whole board is light and easy to carry and about the size
>of an
>    8x11 piece of paper. It is a tiny computer and you can add more RAM-
>with a
>    memory card. 
>            
>            The blind student can take the digital note-taking device to
>    a class where the teacher is very driven by writing on the board.
>The blind
>    student hands it to a sighted student and she takes notes on it. At
>the end
>    of class, the sighted student rips off the pages for themself and
>hands the
>    board back to the blind student. The blind student can then download
>all the
>    notes onto the computer. In tangent with this is a handwriting
>recognition
>    tool, which translates the handwriting into digital text that
>talking
>    software can read. Note taking made easy.
>            
>            This is the one I have been using and as long as the
>    handwritten notes are legible, the pad can read it to the computer.
>SolidTek
>    DigiMemo 692 Digital Notepad with Memory by SolidTek
>    
><http://www.amazon.com/SolidTek-DigiMemo-692-Digital-Notepad/dp/B0009OD4CS/r
>    ef=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1316716386&sr=8-3> 
>            
>            If you read this information in my blog,
>    http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/ you can just click on the
>links and it
>    will take you directly to the product, or if you are using talking
>software,
>    just bring up your links and you can go to the product. This is true
>for all
>    the information in the blog.
>            
>            
>                  Denise 
>            
>            Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
>            Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
>            TechVision-Independent Contractor
>            Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
>            509-674-1853    deniserob at gmail.com
>    <mailto:deniserob at gmail.com> 
>            
>            http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
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