[blindLaw] NOTE TAKER IN CLASS—law school (sort of important question) i

Sat Nov 15 04:52:55 UTC 2025

Totally. I agree with you 100%.

In academic setting where a lot is on the line is impotent for
understanding the material and doing well
And outlining. However, that is why having someone else note as a supplies
is helpful as a  guide, yet  a person should practice taking their own
notes and develop that skill and only use the other person note as a back up

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM David Andrews via BlindLaw <
blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> OK, this probably won't be popular, but I think a person in college, grad
> school, law school etc., should have a way to independently take notes and
> review them. There are of course situations where someone doesn't have the
> physical capacity, etc., but for most people, you need to develop the
> skills needed and do this for your self.
>
> Employers, by and large are not going to provide you with notetakers and
> other personal services.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Daugherty,Richard A via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 8:27 PM
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> Cc: Daugherty,Richard A <lexxbrittle at ufl.edu>
> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] NOTE TAKER IN CLASS—law school (sort of important
> question) i
>
> Hey all, Blind Gator here,
>
> Not sure if I’m late for the party, but my two cents is that the school
> did provide a note taker (And they always should, I mean if your a
> permanently disabled blind individual then, you have Fed law backing up all
> of your requests).  I usually have my Zoom H6 recording and then I use
> Google Notebook LM to condense the spoken class into a podcast format.  I
> also wash any notes I get and the powerpoint slides through that same
> process.  So every class is turned into a two hour piece of entertainment.
> Then I just double down on the cases and roll with it.  My GPA is a 2.96
> right now, I had a crash out in Civ Pro getting a D so that dragged it
> down, but I’m feeling happy about Trusts and Estates!  Does anyone use
> sgroup. Me at all?  It would be stellar to connect with you all and to
> connect my other blind law school reminds.
>
> Right now at UF Law we have 3 legally blind students.  I believe this
> might be the highest concentration in the nation.  How many bind
> individuals do you think are currently enrolled in law school?
>
> Anywho, I’ve taken the path of the Hurricane and have pretty well crashed
> my way through accommodations and accessibility stuff here in Gainesville.
> If anyone needs advice let me know!  I’ve learned a LOT about higher
> education and Disability Resource Centers.  I’ve also proudly assisted my
> fellow blind student cohort in California with Abraham Lincoln University
> or some such online law school.  Can you believe they buffed at reading the
> power point slides out loud to him?  Insanity.
>
> Anyway,, I was just sitting down to go over T&E.  Drop me a line sometime
> if you have any Q’s.
>
> - Richard Gordon Alexander “Alex” Daugherty
>
> Phone:  3869650831
>
> On Nov 12, 2025, at 7:24 PM, omar duncan via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
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> Understood thanks fro your response
>
> I am in a part time even b program some folks are working do I have
> friends in the day full-time program but they are taking different teachers
> and some different classes
>
> Since the other people are working, it might be hard for me to find a
> study group to do outlining sessions and practice test sessions, but I’m
> gonna continue to find people out of the 50 people in my class who might be
> willing to do that
>
>
> Best,
> Brian
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM Aser Tolentino via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>
> Our student disability center provided stipends for notetakers. Usually I
> reached out to classmates I knew and asked if they’d provide notes. They
> usually were part of the friend group that made up our study group so we
> inevitably built outlines together.
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM Derek Manners via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> The disability services office got notes from a student in my class and
> sent them to me.  They did not, however, have a student send me their
> outlines.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 12, 2025, at 3:21 PM, omar duncan via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, folks for those of you who are in law school or have graduated ,
> do your disability offices provide student note takers.
>
> Did student note takers ever give you their notes to help out and stuff
>
> I could use a student note takers to help with things like outlining and
> review but my school just gives otter AI note taker and they say they do
> not use student note taker? However student notes are helpful for not only
> studying but also preparing outline. Otter AI is helpful too and has its
> owns transfer but and very powerful but there are just things that do not
> replace human notes no matter how advanced otter ai LLM is at spitting out
> answers
>
> If the school does not want to give pen for budgetary reasons,  I can give
> lime x amount of money myself and the school can also give like 50$ to
> student to incentive students
>
>
> I appreciate any answers on this. This will Help a lot in my studies  .
> Anyone please provide feedback and commentary
>
>
> Thank you for your attention time and assistance and feedback Best,
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