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Low Vision & Note Taker

Note Taker is a hand held device, tablet that assists students or anyone with low vision with the ability of taking notes. Multiple studies have shown that when a student takes notes in class that student retains more than when just listening or having lecture notes provided. Enabling students with low vision with the ability to take notes in class, for themselves empowers that student and levels the playing field with students without this disability. Note Taker not only allows the user to take notes but also captures video during class that aids the student while taking notes.
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 * Describe the barriers that the disabled person would face trying to use the web 2.0 technique you selected.

Students with a low vision disability face many different barriers each and every day. From struggling to identify people and objects around them to needing assistance even while sitting in a classroom, low vision students face these challenges every moment. Where great strides have been made in regards to a schools legal obligation to provide someone to assist the disabled student or in the cumbersome assistive technologies that enlarge white boards or anything else the student needs to read, there is no unobtrusive way for a visually impaired students to attend class.


 * Describe how a disabled person would be able to get beyond these barriers. What would it take? This may involve assistive technologies, or assistance from another student, the teacher or an assistant.

Note Taker enables the visually impaired student to come to class with a tablet just like any other student using a tablet to take notes. However, the low vision student has the capability to assist the student in seeing the notes written on the board while allowing the student to take notes while watching the board. Note Taker also has the ability to take video of the board so that the student using this tool can go back as needed.


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Student-Built Technology Helping Low-Vision Students [|Audrey Watters] | July 25, 2011 |

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