KC; Keep up the good work. I have a mild hearing problem and my husband and sister both have speach problems. My husband has a fit when I do not understand him. Men can be crazy, because he is deaf in one ear himself. Keep up the good work and help all those you can. You might even want to shair it with the national Center. There are many who could use it, who do not know it is possible.
Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: KC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:36 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] RE: <Braillenote] real time captioningwithBrailleNote This is not really something that should be a topic for ongoing discussion on the BN List. However, it is essential to point out that "COurt Reporting" and "Real-Time Captioning" are two different things. My response pertained to the latter and I have 4 years of experience to prove that it works. (It is unfortunate that Barbara feels her personal dislike justified demeaning another member of this List.) I will communicate with you privatelyh Rhonda. In the meantime, I can try to get ahold of the Engineer at Rapid-Text who put the system I used together. The Captionist who typed for me, did not type for the screen; and, yes, I did keep up! smile) KC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara J. Wagreich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:37 PM Subject: [Braillenote] RE: <Braillenote] real time captioning withBrailleNote > Dear Rhonda: > > I am writing in response to your inquiry from a deaf-blind person named > Jaime about the use of the BN with real time captioning. I believe she > was talking about the use of CART reporters in classroom settings, where > they take down the lecture using steno machines. For hearing impaired > students, these steno machines are connected to laptops running special > software which displays the transcription in regular text on the laptop > screen. > > I am deaf-blind and I used CART reporters when I was taking courses for my > master's degree in computer science at Boston University. We were able to > connect a laptop I had with a refreshable braille display (the > PowerBraille) to the CART reporter's laptop and I could read the lecture > during class. I also got a file of the transcription after class. > > I don't know how the latest version of the CART software would work > withthe BN. My guess is that the BN would need to be connected to a > laptop running a screen reader tht works withthe BN (Jaws, Window-Eyes, > etc.) and this would in turn need to be connected tothe cART reporter's > laptop. If it hasn't already been done, some experimenttion would need to > be done (we had to do this at the begniiing). > > The method that another deaf-blind BN user on this list described for > face-to-face communication will not work for lectures because a steno > machine has to be used to keep up withthe lecturer speaking at 150 or 200 > words a minute. It would be very hard to do this with a regular > keyboard. > > I should probably explain CART reporters. In court, they are called court > reporters. Outside of court, they are called CART reporters. CART > stands, I believe, for "computer assisted real time." They are certified > court reporters but using the steno machines for non-court purposes > (lectures, conferences, meetings). > > HTH ... Barb > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
