Note-taker 2.0: the next step toward enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class

Note-taker 2.0

Publication Type:

Conference Paper

Authors:

D. Hayden, L. Zhou, M.J. Astrauskas, J. Black

Source:

Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility, ACM, New York, NY, USA, p.131–138 (2010)

ISBN:

978-1-60558-881-0

URL:

http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1878803.1878828

Keywords:

Lecture Notes, Legal Blindness, Low Vision, Note-taker and Note-taking

Document:

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Authors

David Hayden

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David Hayden

Masters Student Researcher

Liqing Zhou

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Liqing Zhou

Master's Student

Michael J. Astrauskas

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Michael J. Astrauskas

Undergrad Student Researcher

John A. Black, Jr

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John A. Black, Jr

Research Scientist

Projects

The Note-Taker
The Note-Taker

To take notes in class, students with visual impairments must rapidly switch between writing their notes (a near-sight task) and viewing a board at the front of the classroom (a far-sight task). Current assistive technologies provide magnification for near-sight tasks,…

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