Communication Support - Electronic Notetaking Service
Electronic Notetaking Service
If you are deaf or hard of hearing and you attend meetings or training couses, interviews or lectures, you may find that using an electronic notetaker can aid your communication.
An electronic notetaker can be employed at lectures, seminars or meetings - whenever reading what is being said, AS it is being said, is going to be helpful to you.
After the event you will receive a copy of the text in whichever format you prefer, or a printed copy can be sent to you the next day.
What is electronic notetaking?
Even if you lipread, there may be times when you need extra communication support at meetings, lectures and seminars, training sessions, at a one-to-one meeting or a large discussion group.
An electronic notetaker has been trained to summarise what is being said. She will sit next to you and convert the speech to text on a laptop computer.
The type will be large so that you can easily read it. It will show the speaker's names and what each person says.
Although it will not be word for word, you will have a good understanding of the whole meeting.
If a group of deaf people are attending the meeting, the text can be projected onto a screen so that all can read it.