[Athen] [EXT] Sonocent

[Jane Berk]

We here at Services to Students with Disabilities at MacEwan University have successfully been using Sonocent Audio Notetaker for about 6 years.  At present, during a regular fall or winter semester, we have about 400 students using it.  We have both 2 and 4 year programs and degrees. We had a pilot project going for a while, too.  In combination with a good microphone, our students love it.  When we do our tech assessment with students, we generally demo 3 different types of recording options:  a digital recorder with indexing options; the Livescribe pen; and Audio Notetaker.  Not all students have the same needs or abilities, but most opt for Audio Notetaker.  They then receive individual training. We have no complaints to report!
Thanks,
Jane Berk
Assistive Computer Technology Service
Services to Students with Disabilities
MacEwan University
E:  berkj at macewan.ca<mailto:berkj at macewan.ca>
T:  780-497-5826
MacEwan.ca

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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Erik Ferguson
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2019 11:06 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXT] Sonocent

As with Robert we are a community college and our Sonocent pilot did not go well. We had access to plenty of promotional material and a good relationship with the vendor but we just could not sell the complex multi-featured software in comparison with the simplicity of the livescribe pen. We still loan out 100 plus livescribes per term. In comparison, we had one student using sonocent last year and consequently purchased just one licence. I can only speculate that we may have a larger percentage of Adult Basic Education students that come in with less access to technology at home and less technology exposure in general. Again, purely speculative.
For those of you successfully using Sonocent, how many licences are you using? Are you a 2 year or 4 year school? What does your process of onboarding look like?

Thank you.

On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 9:53 AM Robert Beach <rbeach at kckcc.edu<mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu>> wrote:
Hi,

Did they help you with promotional items during the trial? We ran a trial once before and it did not go well. They have offered to let us try it again and they are going to offer promotional items to help. I’m hoping we get a better result this time.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
Phone: 913-288-7671
Email: rbeach at kckcc.edu<mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu>

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu>> On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2019 11:46 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>
Subject: [EXT][Athen] Sonocent

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For those who wonder, we just finished a pilot run of Sonocent note taking software during the spring semester.  We found that a number of our students preferred this product to having a peer notetaker or a smart pen.  We are in the process of purchasing.  Just thought I’d put out a plug for them.  The company was so easy to work with as well.

Leyna Bencomo
Assistive Technology Specialist
Office of Information Technology
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 255-4202 / lbencomo at uccs.edu<mailto:lbencomo at uccs.edu>
http://www.uccs.edu/~it/
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