Alistaire Edwards wrote:
> I have a dyslexic student who tape records lectures. He has been getting
> them transcribed by a local company, but they are charging 15 pound per
> hour for this service and the student's LEA is unwilling to pay that much.
> He has been through Yellow Pages looking for a cheaper alternative, but to
> no avail.
>
> Does anyone know where we might get it done cheaper?
>
> (He has tried recruiting other students, but that seems unlikely to be
> practical)
What is being transcribed? Is it the straight unedited version of the
lecture? If so it will contain a lot of redundancy and waffle (having
lectured for fourteen years I'm confessing not complaining). The
student may be dyslexic but must surely be able to listen to what has
been recorded and reduce it to the quality essentials. This very
interaction with the material will be a valuable learning process in
itself and will probably reduce the content by half at least. Given
that, the costs you describe- which are not unreasonable- would be
competative with those of note-taking.
The resulting printed notes would be far more valuable, easier to
read and learn from than the original could ever be.
Obviously the student would need two tape-recorders but the cost of
that would soon be recouped.
Dave Laycock
Head of CCPD, Chair of NFAC
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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