Hi merchant,
as you said, all the methods have merits and demerits. so, use a suitable
blend of all. and you will be the proper judge on which to use in which
situation. try to convince people about the confidentiality of the recorded
material and your practical problem in note taking. many people get
convinced and few won't. same thing happened to me as I tried to record the
classes when I was a student. most of our teachers readily agreed. but a few
who some times make controversial remarks could not. they could not speak
even for 5 minutes after the recorder is turned on. and finally I was asked
to turn off it. later I decided not to record the classes of those persons
and as they did not contain any useful information, I did not bother. but it
may not be the same in your case. so, try alternative ways depending on the
case.
well, one more technique, David Hartman, the first VI doctor is said to have
used this. you can whisper the important hints into your voice recorder
during the meeting. this may be time saving rather than continuous recording
if you master the art.
Umesha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mujtaba Merchant" <mujta...@gmail.com>
To: "Access India" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>; "Voice Vision"
<l...@voicevision.in>
Sent: Wednesday, 04 April, 2012 12:12 PM
Subject: [AI] Tips Needed: Taking Notes
Dear List Members,
Before I begin my querry for the tip I would like to inform you that I am
not brail litterate and don't see a possibility that I would learn it in
the near future. Kindly save your critisism on the same, as it is a
pshycological and mental block for me at the time.
I seek your tips and suggestions on how to be able to take down notes in a
senario where a computer is not accessible to me physically. My focus
group and audience from who I need ideas and tips are the visually
impaired community. What I believe can be done is as follows:
1. Use your mobile phone's sound recorder to capture the minutes of a
meeting, an important lecture or something of grave importance. This is
not always a feasible idea, as sometimes you are restricted by policies,
while the other times the person delivering the lecture, meeting etc. may
not be comfortable with their voice being recorded.
2. Have the notes, lecture, minutes of the meeting recorded by an
assistant, colleague, friend etc. on a notepad then have them or someone
else convert them into a digital format for you. Again this method also
has restrictions, availability of assistance is questionable, so is the
time taken to work around the process from the recording to the
digitalisation of the notes...
I know this is a catch 22 situation for most of us in the visually
impaired community, I am looking for ideas outside the box and not trying
to focus on the limitations or feasibility of an idea that can add on to
what I have already covered above. So, kindly work your grey cells and
shoot interesting and innovative ways and ideas to help accomplish the
task of taking notes on the go!
Mujtaba Merchant
Bangalore, India
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