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[senco-forum] RE: tablet laptop and access arrangements

Abigail Hawkins penguinabi at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 18 14:04:53 GMT 2008

Article: [senco-forum] RE: tablet laptop and access arrangements

I have a tablet laptop.  I bought it in October for about £800 from a well known PC supplier.  The version I use is HP.  It's OK but I find it doesn't recognise my handwriting fast enough so if I tried to use it in a meeting (for example) I'd have to settle for incorrectly recognised words which i correct later or not capturing everything I want.  It relies on a spellchecker to suggest words from the 'scrawls' you make on the screen and as such I don't think it would be permissible in examination arrangements as these generally requires the spelling/grammar function to be turned off.  I also have a digimemo, which has the advantage of being a handwritten piece of paper (hard copy) instantly as well as being used to convert into text on the screen or saving on a memory card.  Maybe I have erratic handwriting but I find the digimemo recognition is not all that great.
(By the way - hello I'm new to the forum and have been following the conversations for the last few days, but staying quiet)
Ab
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