Hi Susie-

I too am strugling with the note taker issue.  Fortunatly I am very good at
memorizing what the prof is saying as they are saying it.  I have had the
same problems as you with note takers. I've not yet figure out a way that is
great at overcoming this obstical.  Like you I do the best I can to keep up
writing notes.  I do a lot of short hand and abrevations.  I don't find
taping to be effective because of background noise and air circulation I
usualy can't here the prof on the tape.  Some of my professors have been
great at copying there note for me.  In other classes I just get by as best I
can when I don;t have a note taker.  I know this dosn't help any but it's
always good to know that there are people having the same problems as you.

Anee


In a message dated 8/9/2000 11:58:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< Hi, all!
   Some of you may remember me.  My name is Susie and I was on this list a
 while back when I was in high school. Once I went away to Beloit College in
 Wisconsin, I had to leave the list because the volume of mail was too great
 for me to handle.
    I'm back again because I'm on summer vacation (this means I have time to
 answer email) and I need help  (yeah, yeah, I know. They always come back
 when they need ya).
     Since I have gone to college, my ability to take notes has deteriorated.
 I can grip a pen/pencil just fine, and I can write reasonably legibly... for
 about fifteen minutes.  Once fatigue sets in, my handwriting becomes less and
 less legible until it resembles some sort of strange EKG.  If I have to write
 quickly (at the speed of normal conversation), my handwriting is even less
 readable.  I can write slowly, but then I miss notes.
     There are notetakers at Beloit, but they have been unreliable and they
 don't write down the things that I need.  I cannot use a laptop because my
 typing speed is even slower than my writing speed and I can't carry the
 thing, even with my trusty Bruno because it is awkward. (A Bruno is a
 kick-ass scooter by a company in WI... goes through construction zones, snow,
 over railroad tracks... you name it)  I don't want to tape lectures because
 Beloit professors tend to digress a lot, and I don't want to waste my time
 listening to the non-important stuff.  I also find computer files or
 notebooks are easier to use when studying for finals because you can find
 what it is you want quickly and easily. Plus, I learn better by reading than
 by listening.
    In short, I need a notetaking device that is easy to learn how to use,
 portable, and will enable me to make my notes legible.
     Any ideas would be welcome!
      Thanks!
       Susie
  >>