<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Shelley mentioned using text macros which is a great idea. For many years now, I've used a program called Phrase Express (PC) that runs in the background. It works in all the environments that I've needed to type. It already has a large dictionary of abbreviations with expansions. And it's very easy to add your own. There is a free version and a pay version. I do use the pay version because it is for work, but it's very reasonable. Although the instructor won't need this feature, one thing I really like is that an abbreviation in Phrase Express can actually have multiple paragraphs! I find this saves me a great deal of time with specific types of case notes - such as AT meetings with students. I can put in a full case note, and with a few tweaks, be done in about 1 minute. <br><br></div>Heidi<br><br></div><br><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">+++++++++++++++</font></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Shelley Haven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ShelleyHaven@techpotential.net" target="_blank">ShelleyHaven@techpotential.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">In addition to the text echo features and pre-loaded common phrases mentioned by others, I’d like to suggest adding text macros (abbreviation-expansion software), and displaying the text for students.<div><br></div><div>I was in a similar situation back in 2006 — teeth wired shut and sealed for four months, yet still needed to communicate in real time with university students I was working with. Even fast typists can’t type quickly enough to approximate conversational speeds, so I analyzed my own writing to see what long words and phrases I used most frequently and created well over 200 personalized macros so that only 2-4 keystrokes would automatically expand into full words, names, or entire phrases — for example:</div><div><div>- dff expanded to different, dffly => differently, dffs => differences, etc.</div><div>- all names were a hyphen followed by two letters (e.g., -sh => Shelley Haven)</div><div>- all organizations, agencies, titles, etc. were an equal sign followed by 1 or more letters (e.g., =su => Stanford University).</div><div><br></div><div>It helped me leverage a strength (my memory) to compensate for some weaknesses (inability to talk and slow typing speed) — in essence, my own custom texting system.</div><div><br></div><div>I typed on a laptop connected to a monitor facing the student(s), giving them added clues as to what I was “saying” or trying to say. In fact, they would often grasp the full sentence before I completed it, thus allowing us to have an effective two-way conversation.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps (or at least gives you some ideas).</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div> Shelley</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>On Feb 12, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Dori Lloyd <<a href="mailto:dori_lloyd@davidsonccc.edu" target="_blank">dori_lloyd@davidsonccc.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>An instructor of ours has had an unexpected health event that will leave him without a voice for a while. We are starting to investigate some text to speech readers that he can use in his classroom to communicate with his students. I am turning to the experts for any suggestions. <br><br></div><div>Your comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!<br></div><div><br></div>Dori<br clear="all"><div><div><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px">Dori Lloyd</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Director, Distance Education and Instructional Technology</div><div>Reich Bldg Rm 101A</div><div><br></div><div>Davidson County Community College</div><div>P.O. Box 1287 | Lexington, NC 27293-1287</div><div><a href="tel:336.224.4518" value="+13362244518" target="_blank">336.224.4518</a></div><div><a href="http://www.davidsonccc.edu/" target="_blank">www.davidsonccc.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Storm Toward Success</b></i><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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