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http://www.emptech.info/product_details.php?ID=2199 Ian Quoting Gareth Evans <[log in to unmask]>: > I've not come across Digiscribbler before and Google isn't being too helpful > for once, can anyone point me in the direction of a link? > > ________________________________ > > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sally Brindley > Sent: 19 February 2008 13:30 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Note-taking support costs > > > yes absolutely, but it can get difficult as the digiscribble is the student's > and it could be argued that the note taker should be provided with equipment > by the Institute not by the student....from their DSA. > > Sally > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ian Webb <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:20 AM > Subject: Re: Note-taking support costs > > Or you could use an electronic device such as the Digiscribble. Handwritten > notes, > maps, sketches and signatures can all be captured remotely using a normal > ink > filled pen! Save them to the PC and then convert them to typed text and copy > or > import into Office applications like Word and Outlook. At £51 a cheap > alternative > to all that extra time and the problems of finding a typist. > > Ian > > Quoting Sally Brindley <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Hello Peter > > > > I agree - I think one extra hour per hour of notetaking is too much. > Surely > > the Institute should be using people who can type notes during lectures, > but > > I do think they need a little bit more time to check for clarity and > > reorganise the notes on screen to ensure that they make sense, before > > emailing them to the student. I have a friend who does this job, and who > > often works in her own time to ensure that the notes are presented in a > way > > that the student will find clear. > > The student who needs the notes might have such a severe difficulty with > > reading (for whatever reason) that they need the notes read > electronically > > anyway, so should not have to use handwritten notes. > > If a student had 15 hrs per week ( seems a lot!) in lectures I would > probably > > add about 25% time for the above. > > I do not think that handwritten notes are acceptable - if a student > finds > > reading difficult per se how much harder to have to cope with > handwriting > > idiosyncrasies? > > Sometimes if the student has a diagnosis of AS I might recommend > additional > > time after lectures for discussion of the content, and in this case it can > be > > more useful to have a postgrad student taking notes rather than a > qualified > > notetaker. > > If the notetaker is qualified surely he/she should be a touch-typist. > Local > > rates where I work (SE Eng) are between £18.50 - £21 per hour to the > > Institute - surely enough to expect a professional service? > > > > Sally Brindey > > Needs Assessor > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Peter Hill > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:45 PM > > Subject: Note-taking support costs > > > > > > Hi > > > > (apologies for cross posting) > > > > As a Needs Assessor, I sometimes recommend provision of a note- taker for > > > students with dyslexia. Institutional charges vary but, for the most > > part, they are about £16 per hour. I've recently been asked on a couple > > > of occasions to increase the recommendation to allow extra time for > > word-processing the notes. I've been informed, too, that some > > organisations recommend an hour for typing up for every hour of > > note-taking. > > > > In the case of a student attending 15 hours of lectures per week, this > > > could cost £480.00 per week (£16 x 30) or £14,400 per year (for a 30 > > week course). I've always operated on the assumption that the hourly > > rate includes typing up and I'm uneasy about this development - not > > least because the potential costs are well in excess of the normal > > maximum for Non Medical Helpers Allowance. > > > > Has anyone else encountered this. > > > > Regards > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > > > Peter J Hill > > > > Tel: 01905 391 547 > > Mobile: 07751 792711 > > > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1286 - Release Date: > 18/02/2008 > > 18:49 > > > > > > > -- > Ian Webb > Disability Adviser/Assessor > MNADP > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1286 - Release Date: 18/02/2008 > 18:49 > > > > > > Please consider the environment and do not print this e-mail unless you > really need to. > > BPP College of Professional Studies Limited > Registered in England, number 2609100 > Registered office: BPP house, Aldine Place, 142-144 Uxbridge Road, W12 8AA, > UK > > This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. > www.surfcontrol.com > > This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl > -- Ian Webb Disability Adviser/Assessor MNADP