I think Stephen has a point.
Technology is a wonderful thing but can be over used a bit.
Just because one can input the words of a tutor direct into
a computer does not mean it is a good thing. A handout
or photocopying a mates lecture notes would be easier and
just as likely to be read by the student. Or even reading
the chapter of the text book that the tutor is using as a
main reference. Now there's a novelty.
Bryan Jones
Equal Opportunities Adviser
London Guildhall University
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:35:02 GMT Stephen Lancaster
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> > Subject: Laptop & voice recognition
> > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:41:33
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> > I was hoping someone could shed some light on the following
> > question.
> > Has anyone heard of a student using a laptop in lectures
> > with voice recognition software loaded on it as a method of recording
>
> I was talking to a programer working for Dragon Dictate recently and
> understand that Dragon Dictate is a few months away from releasing a
> version able to exclude other voices when converting speech to text.
> If true, this would make the idea practical.
>
> On the other hand, talking to various psychologists in the
> Lancaster-Miller group, it is stressed that converting speech into
> text during the lecture cuts out the re-reading and rephrasing stage
> that greatly benefits dyslexics, etc - with their poor memories and all.
>
> Stephen Lancaster
> lancaster-Miller
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