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The fact that they can manage that audio information much more efficiently - because processing audio is the hardest type of modality to work with in terms of working memory because it's not visual, it's transient - this program really helps you connect with audio and make those lessons more powerful.”

#SONOCENT AUDIO NOTETAKER APP SOFTWARE#

“It was originally a software program that was designed with students with dyslexia and auditory processing in mind from the beginning. Jim says the program offers solutions for students with many different disabilities or learning processes. That makes a new file so it looks like a summary, and … you can make that into a little video and play it back!” he explains.

Now, from the original recording click a button and it will pull out a copy of just those red bits that are highlighted and make a new file for you with any PowerPoint slides that go with each of those bits. Let's say you've captured a one hour lecture, and with the audio notetaker recording you've annotated in colour the key part for revision, and it adds up to say 20 minutes. “You can repurpose all the captured content into multiple formats. “It's the only program that I'm aware of where you can be really selective about what part of the recording you extract to make into a mini summary,” he says. Jim Sprialis, an assistive technology consultant and Sonocent’s Audio Notetaker Australian contact, believes the program has several key features that give it an edge over competitors. The program and app can capture audio, slides and text in a single workspace and provide a variety of ways to organise and transform the notes to suit the student – making it useful for people with disability in lecture theatres around the country. Sonocent Audio Notetaker is becoming more widely known – and widely used – throughout the higher education sector. “We bought 50 Sonocent licences last year and we've just bought another 25, so we're up to about 75 licences at the moment and I expect we're going to need even more!” Sharon says.

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The success of the trial and the confidence of the students persuaded the Griffith team to confirm their investment in the program. I don't want someone taking notes for me, I want to do it independently and this will allow me to do it’,” she says. “What we've found is that some of the students that had peer notetaking said, ‘I don't need that anymore. “Notetaking was one of those areas where people with significant physical disabilities have been reliant on other people to take their notes, and this is shifting things for them. She says of a small trial of students in 2017, 57 percent of the group said they were more independent, with some commenting that they could now use their own notes rather than relying on someone else’s. Sharon Garside, a Disabilities Service Officer at Griffith University, says her university has also seen positive results by using Sonocent Audio Notetaker. It’s an experience echoed across the sector. So, I think it’s about putting that power and that control back in the hands of the student where they can actively participate in the notetaking and make it meaningful for them.” she explains.

“I think the problem with is that the student is completely disengaged from the whole notetaking process, and just getting someone else's notes doesn't actually help you with learning the information.

She says the technology has transformed the way students approach their learning by allowing them to take control of the process, as opposed to more passive means of notetaking. Empowering: that’s how Ngaire Robertson, Disability Advisor at the University of Adelaide, describes Sonocent Audio Notetaker. In this article we will hear from two disability practitioners about how Sonocent has transformed learning for their students, as well as assistive technology consultant Jim Sprialis about how the program works. Sonocent Audio Notetaker is a software tool and app that can capture audio, text and slides and transform them into a format that suits the user, allowing students with disability to take information from their lecture theatres and tutorials and use it in the way that best allows them to learn. Much of higher education relies on transcribing and transforming audio information – actions that can be difficult for some students with disability.

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