Note Taking Devices for Students? 144
Gavin Scott asks: "I'm looking for solutions for a college student who needs an inexpensive mechanism for note taking in class. She suffers from a condition that makes writing notes out by hand slow and painful. One of the small sexy sub-notebook computers would be ideal, but at $1,500-$2,500 these are completely out of reach budget-wise. She has a perfectly good desktop system at home, so something that simply allowed typing in notes that could then be transferred to the PC would be ideal. I've considered things like a Palm-type device with an external keyboard, but I'm interested in knowing what other options people might suggest. Or any opinions on what kind of lightweight almost-laptop devices are good in, say, the sub-$500 range?"
Oh, and one more thing... (Score:3, Insightful)
Even a brand new battery may not have the kind of battery-life required for a daily class schedule. A pda will last much longer. Either way, expect to have to recharge daily.
Palm and Keyboard (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:pen OCR (Score:1, Insightful)
cassette? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Disability Program (Score:3, Insightful)
Get copies of the notes from someone else. She might even make a friend in the process - which is what college is all about.
Re:Vocational Rehabilitation (Score:3, Insightful)
That's not what he's whining about, and I think that's obvious. You're using his comment to start an argument of your own.
He was dissatisfied that no one was there to help him go to college, yet he now has to pay for many others to do so. He's right, it isn't fair, and he has a right to complain.