Hello everybody I'm seriously looking at this situation now. Has anybody used, or does anybody use the current generation of BrailleNote note-takers from HumanWare? I am asking because, as some of you might know, it looks as though Gordon is in line for a job working as, amongst other things, a Braille transcriber for a secondary school's Visually Impaired department in Middlesbrough. He might also be given the responsibility of acting as a liaison officer between parents and the academy in respect of equipment and software that students use. Plus, on top o that, they are talking about possibly arranging for Gordon to work towards a base level teaching qualification which would allow him to participate in the tuition of the visually impaired on the subject of I.T. He went for his first preliminary informal interview, a tour of the V.I department at the academy and a very long chat with the deputy head, (soon to be head of department). The interview went better than anybody had dared to hope for. and as I say, although they were initially only discussing transcription work on a part-time basis, they are now looking seriously at creating the other posts within the department as they say Gordon is ideally suited for the job and he would be able to hit the ground running, which is another huge plus.
I'm sorry for the babbling; but I'm bursting with pride just at the moment. Given his situation 6 months ago, everybody is saying that he has made terrific progress and is now well on the road to recovery. Anyway, i'm curious as to whether any members may have comments regarding the Humanware or similar note-takers. We think that something like this might be necessary equipment for the job, and I want to have something concrete so that when he's asked to put together a shopping list to submit to "Access To Work" and the other support organisations who are already assisting him, we'll have something ready for them. Open for comment, for better or for worse. ;-) Lynne ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
