[Oz-gifted] Assisitive technology fo uni

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Hi Alison,

Perhaps if you could explain here what sort of problem she has with note 
taking then people may be able to give specific advice. If she has a 
handwriting problem, writing on a PC tablet is no solution, for example. 
Most undergrad lecturers post lecture notes on the subject website, and all 
the student needs to do is to add comments during the lecture to the notes 
they have printed out.

If this isn't the case and she has a documented handwriting disability 
perhaps she could arrange to get a copy of the lecturers own notes. Failing 
this, most lecturers are happy for students to tape lectures, at my 
university undergrad lectures in many degrees are videotaped and are 
available for students to view in the library AV lab.We actually used to be 
able to borrow them and view them at home until some smart person decided to 
make some $s and the taped lectures began appearing in online courses!

Talk to the disability counsellor at her home campus and get information 
about what support is available. Haven't you already gone through all of 
this with daughter no 1?  Maybe use the same strategies with this daughter.

Leonie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alison Miller" <rmil6566 at bigpond.net.au>
To: <oz-gifted at cobia.ed.qut.edu.au>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] Assisitive technology fo uni


> thanks any clues for notetaking herself?
> alison
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tony nolan" <t.nolan at uts.edu.au>
> To: <oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 5:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] Assisitive technology fo uni
>
>
>>
>> Hi Alison,
>>
>> I use a MP3 recorder, a Pocket PC PDA and a PC Tablet, where I can write
> on
>> the screen. I previously used a tape recorder, with a counter.
>>
>> One thing you need to ask the person involved is how they intend to 
>> listen
>> and store the information for future use. Some MP3 recorders record only
>> record in single sessions, and not multiple ones. Some only record with 
>> on
>> and off, others are Voice Activated. Some have to be converted for 
>> storage
>> and others can be down loaded into a computer. There is also the problem
> of
>> 10 hour of recording means 10 hours of play back, and if you are using 
>> the
>> recorder every day, you then have to listen or down load, before the next
>> days classes.
>>
>> What I find most useful is a MP3 voice recorder, that has Voice
> Activation,
>> that will last for 10 hours and that you can down load and store the file
>> onto the computer for later use and replay.
>>
>> I use one from a company called JNC
>>
>> There is a Store in the City that I called "Gifted Friendly", because 
>> they
>> help sponsor me with cheaper equipment, that I use in the out reach stuff
>> to other Gifted people. You might be able to score a discount from them, 
>> I
>> can try and set it up and ask if you wish, they are located in the middle
>> of sydney though.
>>
>> Regards
>> Tony
>>
>>
>>
>> At 07:02 AM 24/11/2005 +1100, you wrote:
>>
>> > > Dear colleagues
>> > > I have a dd with ADHD,OCD,Autism who is doing a BSc in 2006.She will
> need
>> > > some assistive tech for note taking.The possibilities are over
> whelming my
>> > > tech-hopeless head.Anyone have any links/experience ?we are looking 
>> > > at
> a
>> > > read aloud program/note takers/PDAs/Danas/draft builders.
>> > > alison miller
>> > >>
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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