[Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes

Albert J Rizzi albert at myblindspot.org
Fri Sep 23 11:59:41 UTC 2011


Ok. what is the name of that software?

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From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M.
Robinson
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 7:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes

Albert..to add to the story. When I first got the digimemo and tried it out,
then translated it and only got an inaccessible PDF image I was pretty
disgusted, and that is putting it mildly....more research into this and I
found the handwriting translation software. I installed it and when I copied
that image and it made text and jaws talked it...I thought I had gone to
heaven....it was and is that incredible. So the moral here is....make sure
you get both--the tool AND the extra software--smile

 
       Denise 
 
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	From: Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org>
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	Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 4:15 AM
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	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.
	Founder
	My Blind Spot, Inc.
	90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
	New York, New York  10004
	www.myblindspot.org
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	Fax: 212-858-5759
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	doing it."
	
	
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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 
	
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	Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
	TechVision-Independent Contractor
	Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
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	    From: Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org>
	    To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'
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	    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
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	    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
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	        From: Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org>
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	        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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	        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
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	        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>
	
	        
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	            From: Zephyr <twilight2 at kconline.com>
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	            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.
	            
	            
	        
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	                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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