<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thank you for your feedback! I'll look into it!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">K</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 11:44 AM Hayman, Douglass <<a href="mailto:dhayman@olympic.edu">dhayman@olympic.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">As an occasional live audio person in addition to my day job in IT Accessibility I think that when you try to address a group of people and amplify the speaker you get more clarity with a larger, more robust speaker. In addition to a full
PA system I own this little puppy that is nearly the same price as the Chattervox but would require something like a Shure SM-58 mic for another $100.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And with additional mini-jack stereo out Y cable with RCA ends you could also get the output of many laptops.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not sure what scenarios you’re envisioning and how many units you’d need. On working with others on small setups like this it was helpful to print out a step by step instruction sheet and affix it to the gear as many get confused or intimidated
by such gear. If you reached out to a company like Sweetwater who does audio for bands, studios, churches and so on, they’d easily come up with a bundle that would meet your needs.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My sense with Chattervox is that it is overpriced and the small speaker once turned up, would distort too much to be clearly heard by the audience.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 24, 2021 7:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] - [Athen] Classroom amplification for instructors<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I have been tasked to find some solutions for staff that will be headed back into the classroom, masked, in order to help with clarity and amplification. Some of these instructors
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">We have a few Chattervox (all inclusive) systems in our inventory for amplification--but wondered if anyone had tried anything else before I started my research? Again--this
is NOT for students requiring accommodations--but for the whole classroom and to reduce teacher strain.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Karen Latimer, ATP</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Senior Assistive Technology Specialist</b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Delaware Assistive Technology <div style="display:inline"></div>Initiative </b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Center for Disabilities Studies</b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>461 Wyoming Rd. </b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Newark, DE 19716</b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>302-831-7469</b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b><a href="http://www.udel.edu/cds" target="_blank">www.udel.edu/cds</a></b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b><i><u>*NOTE: Our Centers are now open 2 days a week BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Please call your local ATRC for times and days.</u></i></b></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>