[nabs-l] Recording College Classes with a BrailleNote Apex

[Karl Martin Adam]

All this is true, but there are ways of dealing with some of 
these problems.  As far as space is concerned, you can change the 
settings for the level of quality of recording that your apex 
makes (see the manual for how to do this).  For something like a 
class, lower quality works fine and reduces the size of the files 
you're recording.  I would also suggest recording to an SD card 
or a USB thumbdrive rather than to the internal memory, which is 
somewhat limited.  If the sound of typing really bothers you, you 
could always invest in an external microphone, though I've always 
managed without.  (I have a qt though, which is quieter than the 
bt).  All that being said, you probably are better off with a 
dedicated recording device like the Victor Stream from HumanWare 
or the Booksense from Himes.  I would also suggest that you think 
about whether you really need to record classes.  I recorded my 
first three years of college, but then I lost my recorder and 
realized that I didn't need it since I almost never listened to 
any of the recordings.  If you can take good notes, reviewing 
them is much more efficient than listening to the entire lecture 
over again.  Some people learn better by listening though or 
aren't very good note takers, so experiment to see what works for 
you.

HTH,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com>,National 
Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 07:57:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording College Classes with a 
BrailleNote Apex

Yes, if you have enough memory on your Apex, you can record your 
class. However, these recordings are large and, if you intend to 
type on your Apex while the class is recording, good luck 
understanding what was happening while the keyboard was 
thundering in your recording. It might be better for you to 
invest in a dedicated digital recorder, like the accessible ones 
from Olympus. They are a bit expensive, but the recording quality 
is excellent and you can navigate through the recordings and 
record long classes while still maintaining the precious little 
space available on your Apex. If you do decide to record with the 
Apex, you can use the cursor routing buttons, along with space 
with all the braille dots separately to move by various 
increments.
HTH,
Aleeha
 On Jan 5, 2015, at 2:59 AM, Helga Schreiber via nabs-l 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hi everyone! How are you all? Happy New Year all! Can you record 
a one hour and fifteen minutes class with a BrailleNote Apex? If 
so, how can I do that? And can you go back and go forward with 
the recording? I'm just wondering since I have a BrailleNote Apex 
and this semester I'm taking a Literature class in college. 
Actually, some of you gave  me some suggestions in how to record 
my class with my iPhone, and i really appreciate it a lot. Now, 
since I hav a BrailleNote Apex, I'm wondering how to do it! I 
will really appreciate it a lot, if you could help me with this! 
Hope to hear form you soon. Thanks so much and God bless!

 Helga Schreiber

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