[senit] Transcription of class discussion.

I am supporting a very able pupil with cerebral palsy in mainstream

The problems are that although the little digital recorders work well they 
have to record a trained voice in the usual conditions, so recording a 
teacher in a normal class situation is not going to work.  It is possible 
to record the lesson, replay it and echo the teacher's words in to dragon 
dictate - there are services for deaf people that use this method.

There is a program called Azam that can audio bookmark recordings so that 
the points in a talk or meeting can be access easily.  Free to people with 
disabilities the last I heard.

We have also been using the Digimemo note taker which can convert 
handwriting to text.  Useful as well because the student can see what the 
assistant is writing and be more involved.

David

At 14:41 17/07/07, you wrote:

>I am supporting a very able pupil with cerebral palsy in mainstream
>school who is entering 6th form next year. School has asked if it is
>possible for group discussions to be recorded then transcribed into his
>computer so he has the information to manipulate without having large
>amounts to type.  I know the latest version of Dragon NS is supposed to
>be able to transcribe from certain dictaphones. Does anyone have any
>experience of this or any other possibilities?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Stuart
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