03-12-2009, 02:02 AM
Legally blind students(people with partial blindness) find it difficult to take notes at the fast pace that it is being dictated.The proposed solution: the CUbiC Note-Taker, which is a highly portable device that requires no prior classroom setup, and does not require lecturers to adapt their presentations.
Alternatives to Note-Taking: There has been alternatives like human note taker, magnifier light, CCTV magnifier, softwares like zoom text.
Available Classroom Technologies: Digital Whiteboards and Lecture Recording Systems:They automatically transfer the matter on blackboard to a digital representation.
Check out these links for pdf:
http://cubic.asu.edu/community/files/ass...hayden.pdf
Alternatives to Note-Taking: There has been alternatives like human note taker, magnifier light, CCTV magnifier, softwares like zoom text.
Available Classroom Technologies: Digital Whiteboards and Lecture Recording Systems:They automatically transfer the matter on blackboard to a digital representation.
Many of these existing technologies have significant overhead, such as prior setup in the classroom, and many of them require the lecturer to adapt the presentation, and none of these classroom technologies deal with the BNB delays faced by students who are legally blind.
The Note-Taker
It comprises of servo operated pan/tilt mechanism, a camcoder, and a 13 inch tablet PC with 1280x768 screen.During lectures, the student views a live video camera feed of the front of the classroom in one window, and takes notes by writing into the digital notepad window.Check out these links for pdf:
http://cubic.asu.edu/community/files/ass...hayden.pdf
