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The onboard Wi-Fi is a game-changer, enabling instant access to the vast variety of online services and information available on the internet.” said Dr. It combines the compact form-factor of the Orbit Writer with the note-taker features of the Orbit Reader while adding high-quality speech output to offer the essential functions users expect from note-takers. “The Orbit Speak is a perfect complement to the Orbit Reader family of braille displays and the Orbit Writer. Despite its compact size, it provides an ergonomic Perkins-style braille keyboard, with high-quality scissors keys and includes a cursor keypad for navigation. Weighing less than eight ounces, the Orbit Speak is similar in size to modern smartphones, allowing it to fit comfortably in a pocket or purse. It can also connect to smartphones and computers and provides a convenient way to enter text in braille and control the device without having to use touch gestures. The Orbit Speak offers built-in note-taking and productivity applications including a book reader, file editor, calendar, address-book, calculator, clock and alarms. The Orbit Speak is equipped with features of a modern braille notetaker with a braille keyboard and synthesized speech output in a compact, pocket-sized device. Orbit Research announced the launch of the Orbit Speak braille notetaker today at the 37th Annual CSUN Conference on Technology for People with Disabilities. Support for this process will be provided by SASC if needed please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.The modern speech-based braille notetaker redefines convenience and affordability
Professors are not responsible for monitoring the notetaking process during the semester. Information on creating accessible documents can be found at /facultychecklist.htm#tutorials. This practice fits with Universal Design instruction by providing access for students with all learning styles. Post Your Notes and/or PowerPoint slides on Blackboard: Making your notes and PowerPoint slides available to all your students, may benefit your entire class in ways you don’t foresee. Provide Your Own Notes: You have the option of emailing or otherwise providing notes directly to the student. Generally, students with at least a 3.0 grade point average in the subject area are preferred, as are students who use laptops to take notes so that notes can be easily exchanged electronically via SASC Connect." If you are interested and you take legible notes, please visit the SASC website to register. "Student Ability Success Center is seeking notetakers for this class. 
Here is a sample script of what you might say to the class:
Recruit a Volunteer: Make an announcement in your class and discreetly assist the student to connect with volunteers. Direct any volunteers to the SASC website to register as a note taker and upload digital notes. Note takers appointed in this way are eligible for a $100 gift card at the end of the academic term and volunteer/community service recognition described below in the “Script for Recruiting Volunteers” unless they are already being paid by your department during class time. Solicit a Volunteer from Students you Know: If you know of students already in the class who would be good notetakers, you have the option of speaking directly to those students and requesting their assistance. When you receive a note taker notification email or when a student who has been authorized for notetaker services as a classroom accommodation speaks to you about their need for a notetaker, we request your assistance in the following ways: Students already in your class have a vested interest in taking good notes, and they understand the material in ways that make their notes more relevant than notes taken by someone hired from the outside. Student Ability Success Center highly recommends all efforts be made to identify a volunteer notetaker within the class to assist students with this accommodation. The quality of notes is always better when provided by a student who is already in the class. 
Students will most likely speak with you if they need assistance with identifying a notetaker in your class. Students who have been authorized for notetaker services will have a letter from SASC stating this authorization.
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