[Athen] Remote Real-Time Captioning and Bluetooth Microphones for iPad

Nettie Fischer nettiet at gmail.com
Wed Aug 20 17:17:35 PDT 2014


Good evening,

A while back someone on the QIAT listserve mentioned using LG's Bluetooth
OneUltra. The person said that he was able to produce text in an app with
the headset when he was not even in the same room. I am unsure of how this
worked, I purchased the headset but as of yet have not explored the ability
to dictate from a distance. Hmm, need to give it a try tonight and will
let you know about the results.

As far as the weight of a laptop, the new detachable laptops offer the
power of a computer with a detachable touchscreen that works like a tablet
but, you get to use computer software. I have explored the ASUS
Transformer and was pleasantly surprised. The computer is lightweight and,
the student could transport just the tablet screen section if housed in a
backpack safe case.

I did explore using Interact-AS two years ago. This is a software program
that transcribes the teacher's lectures into a laptop using an engine
similar to Dragon's (not too techno savvy with the correct language ;{ )-
The data I collected is noted below (got to love, copy and paste).

602 characters with spaces – this is the text that was picked up from the
recording – errors in the software text





Calculations: Total characters with spaces of Interact-AS
Text: 9436

Total characters without spaces of Interact-AS
text: 7772

Calculation: Accurate characters with spaces 602 (needed changes of 9436
total characters

8834 Correct characters ÷ 9436 total characters = ~ 93% Accuracy Rate

Curious if the accuracy rate has increased in the past two years.


I wonder if you used Dragon Preferred or better with a bluetooth mic and a
detachable laptop with 8 G RAM, if the results would not be effective in
the classroom setting. <something that might be worth exploring>


Nettie's nickel


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Cassandra L. Tex <
Cassandra.Tex at humboldt.edu> wrote:


> Greetings All,

>

> Has anyone used iPads for remote real-time captioning? What type of

> microphone (presumably Bluetooth) did you use? Was it a lapel mic or did

> the professor actually have to put it on his/her head? I wouldn’t think

> the built-in microphone on an iPad would be sufficient in a classroom

> setting…

>

>

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> In the past we have used laptops with Revolabs wireless lapel microphones

> for remote real-time captioning. The vendor we contract with for the

> real-time captioning uses Skype and we’ve never had a problem with sound

> quality with our setup (wireless network, laptop with Skype, and revolabs

> lapel mic). However, we’re looking for a more compact way to provide

> real-time captioning (and perhaps even using the student’s own device if

> available). Hauling a laptop around can be cumbersome…

>

>

>

> Would love suggestions on Bluetooth microphones that could work. What is

> the range of a Bluetooth microphone? How far can the person with the

> microphone be from the device it’s paired with? It probably depends on the

> device, but in general, how far apart can the devices be?

>

>

>

> Having a CART transcriber in the room is not an option. We are in a rural

> area and don’t have folks in the area with this skill.

>

>

>

> Thanks!

>

> Cassandra Tex

>

> Assistive Technology Specialist

>

> Humboldt State University

>

> tex at humboldt.edu

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