Comments on: The Pros and Cons of Recording Your Class Lectures http://studenthacks.org/2008/08/12/recording-lecture/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:27:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kate http://studenthacks.org/2008/08/12/recording-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-11181 Kate Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:55:52 +0000 http://studenthacks.org/?p=323#comment-11181 I'm deaf, so it's never really been a major issue :) Well, to be precise I do have partial hearing; the point is that I know a number of people with excellent hearing who can't understand you for their life if they can't see your face. So while it seems to be a good idea in theory, I'd be interested to learn how well it works out in practice. I’m deaf, so it’s never really been a major issue :)

Well, to be precise I do have partial hearing; the point is that I know a number of people with excellent hearing who can’t understand you for their life if they can’t see your face. So while it seems to be a good idea in theory, I’d be interested to learn how well it works out in practice.

]]> By: Prospective Student http://studenthacks.org/2008/08/12/recording-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-9531 Prospective Student Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:48:44 +0000 http://studenthacks.org/?p=323#comment-9531 I 'm starting college come September. I can 't write, by which I mean I 'm physically unable to sustain the use of a pen for more than a minute or so at a time. Typing is the obvious alternative, and has been for most of my highschool years. However, it 's always been a bit of a problem to properly capture notes in science and math classes that way, and it so happens that I 'm taking three math courses in the coming semester. In the past, I have always been able to copy notes either from teachers or classmates, or both, for these classes. But I don 't have any friends going with me now, and more importantly, I don 't really like having to depend on others doing me favors. My point is, audio recording (in tandem with the occasional cell phone snap shot of the blackboard) might be my best option, but it has to be really reliable, because chances are it will be my only good source of information for some classes. So, does anyone here have any experience with recording college lectures, and if so, is there a device you can recommend that will reliably capture the lecturer 's voice from, say, the second row of a standard auditorium? I ‘m starting college come September. I can ‘t write, by which I mean I ‘m physically unable to sustain the use of a pen for more than a minute or so at a time. Typing is the obvious alternative, and has been for most of my highschool years.
However, it ‘s always been a bit of a problem to properly capture notes in science and math classes that way, and it so happens that I ‘m taking three math courses in the coming semester. In the past, I have always been able to copy notes either from teachers or classmates, or both, for these classes. But I don ‘t have any friends going with me now, and more importantly, I don ‘t really like having to depend on others doing me favors.
My point is, audio recording (in tandem with the occasional cell phone snap shot of the blackboard) might be my best option, but it has to be really reliable, because chances are it will be my only good source of information for some classes. So, does anyone here have any experience with recording college lectures, and if so, is there a device you can recommend that will reliably capture the lecturer ‘s voice from, say, the second row of a standard auditorium?

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