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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Although I’m not a campus, I had been using the free version of Otter.ai since January when my course went partially online. Students, even students who were not deaf or hard of hearing liked having it as a backup to notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Within the past two weeks I looked at Otter for Teams because it has the ability to have the Live Transcription beside the Zoom Window if the Zoom window is not maximized. I’ve used it once/I have a two month trial. For at least one participant who needed it, it worked quite well and they had a poor experience with Otter.ai at a previous meeting/webinar. Having the ability to see the transcription beside the Zoom Window made the difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I find that the transcription is good and am still investigating how to increase the font size.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>One of the things I like for students is that apparently you can highlight parts of the transcript and then show the text you’ve highlighted so you have a list of important things but I haven’t tried that feature yet either.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>My program at my college has purchased Otter for Teams as we will be going fully online this fall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>It is the Otter for Teams that has the side by side capability and they recently reduced the number of team members to 1 so I could purchase it…the original default was 3.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Am also interested in what others have found about the tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I know Microsoft Teams uses Microsoft Translator or maybe they call it Teams Translator but I had to do a presentation in teams yesterday and found it a lot more complicated than Zoom! I also had to turn off my screen reader.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Anyway, looking forward to seeing how others find Otter.ai.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lavey,Shannon<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Otter.ai<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello ATHEN friends!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. I was curious if anyone has purchased an Otter.ai subscription for your campus. If so, what helped you decide to proceed with the subscription and what has the experience been so far? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Shannon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#385623'>Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR/L, ATP</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623'>Student Service Coordinator</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'><img width=199 height=56 style='width:2.0729in;height:.5833in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D62F7E.9AFF5DA0" alt="Assistive Technology Resource Center Colorado State University "></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'>Room 301, Occupational Therapy Building</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'>P: 970-491-4241</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'><a href="mailto:claire.simpson@colostate.edu"><span style='color:#385623'>shannon.lavey@colostate.edu</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'><a href="http://atrc.colostate.edu/"><span style='color:#385623'>Assistive Technology Resource Center</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#385623'><a href="https://accessibility.colostate.edu/"><span style='color:#385623'>Accessibility By Design</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>