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From: John Foliot
Date: Feb 5, 2009 1:00PM

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jan Heck
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:47 AM
To: 'Alternate Media'; 'WebAIM Discussion List'; 'Discussion list for web
and software accessibility issues'
Subject: [Accessibility_sig] "Safe" shortcut keys



Some colleagues are developing a Web application, the content of which is
mostly accessed in a linear fashion, with Back and Next buttons. Can
anyone recommend "safe" keyboard shortcut combinations for the Back and
Next buttons that won't interfere with the browser, with JAWS, etc.? I
could really use some help with this!



Thanks very much,

Jan Heck



From: Shelley Haven [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:28 AM
To: Alternate Media
Subject: RE: has anyone heard of this new tech device?



Hi, all!



As I mentioned in a previous post, the audio+notes recording feature of
the Livescribe pen is most effective if you have a notetaking strategy to
use with it. Here's a strategy I teach to students who have difficulty
simultaneously taking notes and listening:



I suggest they decide on a set of words which can help them find the
appropriate audio when they need it (whether to relisten to it or to
expand notes). For example, they could mark or annotate key points or
"sections" in the audio by writing just one or two words like:

- Assignment, or an "A" in a circle (for where the instructor goes over
the homework assignment)

- Major Point, MP, or an asterisk (to imply "be sure to listen to this
later")

- Test (this will be on the test)

- ?? (don't understand - ask instructor later, or go back and listen to
later)

- Page __, or a circled number (reference to something in textbook)

- [Topic name] (marks where instructor began talking about a new topic)

- [Slide title] (marks new slide just put up on screen)

- etc.



With a little practice and refinement, the result becomes a pen-navigable
outline of the lecture where the student can go back and listen to
important sections either for review or to fill in extra notes, etc.
Since it always takes a little time to decide whether to write something
and what to write, I suggest students turn on the smartpen's "Playback
Latency" feature, so that selecting a note with the pen (or on the
computer after downloading) begins audio playback from 10 seconds prior to
when the note was actually written.



BTW, the same basic strategy can be applied to notetaking software like
Microsoft OneNote (Windows only) and Circus Ponies NoteBook (Mac only),
both of which include an audio recording feature which synchronizes typed
notes and audio. With these, one can reduce notetaking even more by
creating keyboard macros for those "bookmark" terms listed above -- F1 "Assignment", F2 = "Major Point", etc.



Hope this helps,

Shelley Haven







At 3:51 PM -0800 2/2/09, Gaeir Dietrich wrote:

Actually, Maria, I think the pen would be great. You do not need to write
words. You could use numbers or symbols or even just a letter "x" each
time the lecturer said something that you wanted to hear later. Then you
could go back to each of your marks and the pen would let you know what
was being said at that time. You could think of it as a way of putting a
"bookmark" in the audio file.

******************************************************
Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net
408-996-6043

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From: Pena, Maria [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:04 PM
To: Alternate Media
Subject: RE: has anyone heard of this new tech device?



Question Daryl et al - With my LD my writing looks like chicken scratch -
I cannot even write on the lines, I miss information, and usually it is
best if I have a note taker in class - BUT - I always record my lectures -
so for someone like me, is this pen worth it, or is it better to use a
digital recorder with a USB cable to download the audio file later and
just get a note taker? I have students who are just like me with their
LD's so I am curious for them also - please advise?



"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the
hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the
not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration
for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your
road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It
exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."

-Ayn Rand (1905-1982); novelist, screenwriter, playwright,







From: Daryl Murphy [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:14 AM

To: Alternate Media

Subject: RE: has anyone heard of this new tech device?



I purchased this pen In Nov of last year and works great. The following
is just a sample of things that it can do and things that are in the works
for the coming months;

1. record conversations, lectures, or meetings in normal settings. (you
can be in the middle of the classroom and record the instructor very well)

2. take notes while recording to match notes with speech

3. save the notes and speech to a computer

4. save and publish notes on their web site for free to share notes

5. (with an optional program) turn your notes into text for word
processing

6. Print out paper for note taking with the newer color laser printers
(if the printer is less than 2 years old, should be just fine)

7. If you purchased the paper it's basically the same price as in the
store (comes with 3 tablets, extra ink refills, carrying case) [from
Costco $199.99 2 gig model]

8. Soon to be released, a translation dictionary program and OCR to
text program

There web site is



<http://www.livescribe.com/index.html>;
http://www.livescribe.com/index.html



great tool



Daryl R. Murphy

Adaptive Computer Technician Specialist (Retired)

862.1315



-----Original Message-----
From: Sean J Keegan [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:37 PM
To: Alternate Media
Subject: Re: has anyone heard of this new tech device?





> a person taking notes for one of our students came in today

> and is using a pen (with special paper) that records the lecture

> then the student can download it via a USB cable



It is called the Pulse SmartPen by LiveScribe
(http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/index.html - warning Flash site).
Cost for the 1GB model is $149 and for the 2GB model $199.



It does basically what you mentioned - it can record audio while the
student is taking notes. The really cool part is that if you are using
their special paper, the audio content is "synchronized" with the notes on
the page. All you need to do is press on the paper where the notes were
taken and the pen will automatically jump to that section of the audio
recording.



We have a number of them in circulation, but I have not heard back from
students if they are a real benefit or just a fancy pen. A few comments I
have heard from others is that it is a nice feature to have the audio, but
you need to be careful where you sit in the class in order to get a good
audio recording. What I would like to look at is what learning and
note-taking strategies are important to use in order to take advantage of
the pen's features.



Next month is "smartpen month" for me as I am planning to play with it
more then.



Take care,

sean



Sean Keegan

Associate Director, Assistive Technology

Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University