[Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes

Fri Sep 23 11:15:48 UTC 2011

Yes. print is print and cursive is cursive. So I am fascinated to learn that
this tool can interpret hand printed writing. Wow. 

Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M.
Robinson
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes

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
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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 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.
	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."

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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> 

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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."

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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
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	        From: Zephyr <twilight2 at kconline.com>
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	    <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
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	            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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