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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?
>
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> 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]
> >
> >
> >
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> MNADP
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