Category Archives: Voice Recorder

Livescribe Echo 2 Pen is Coming!

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

News from Livescribe, com announced the Echo 2 pen is available for pre order at a price of $149.95.   Unavailable for more than a year, it appears it will be coming hopefully soon. It’s great news for individuals looking for … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptive Devices, Assistive Technology, AT for Handwriting, Dysgraphia, Handwriting, Learning Disability, Note Taking, Special education, Voice Recorder, Writing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Titan Note – A New Note Taking Tool

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for a new type of note taking tool that will record, translate to text and share it ? The Titan Note may be your answer! The Titan Note is a new digital recording, audio to text conversion and summarizing tech … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Adults, Adults with LD, Android, Apps for OT's, Assistive Technology, Digital Recording, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Learning Disability, Low Vision/ Blindness, Mobile Device Use, Mobility Impairment, Note Taking, Note Taking App, Post secondary, Voice Recorder, Writing | 6 Comments

C-Pen Reader Scanning Pen with Text to Speech

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

C-Pen Reader Pen Scanning pens with text to speech and dictionary support have been around for quite sometime. The first pens I used were the Quicktionary Pens probably about 10 years ago as a handheld reading tool. Although they scanned and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adults, Adults with LD, Assistive Technology, Learning Disability, OCR, Post secondary, Print Disabled, Reading, Text to Speech, Voice Recorder | Leave a comment

3 Strategies to Improve Student Writing Instantly

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Guest blogger Ali Parrish, educator and ed tech consultant, provides three strategies, low-tech and high-tech, for breaking through students’ brain freeze when faced with the dilemma of what to write. Scooped from : http://www.edutopia.org/blog/3-strategies-improve-student-writing-ali-parrish, from  http://www.edutopia.org Working with special needs … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, Digital Recording, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Note Taking, Note Taking App, Occupational Therapy, Pre-writing, Special education, Voice Recorder, Word Prediction, Writing | Leave a comment

AudioNote Notepad – Voice Recorder App on Sale

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

AudioNote – Notepad and Voice Recorder app for iPhone/ iPad and AudioNote Notepad Android (4.99) , provides an amazing combination of audio recording and note taking that is synchronized in one app. Currently on sale for iOS (as of 5/18/2013) for 2.99 (from 4.99). This iOS … Continue reading →

Posted in Adults with LD, Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, iPad, iPhone, Note Taking, Note Taking App, Occupational Therapy, Voice Recorder | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Teaching All Students: #AppMondayTAS – Voice Recorder HD

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Voice Recorder HD app as reviewed on Teaching All Students (Also linked on  Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit) Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: Teaching All Students reviews one of the apps available in the collection at the Bridging Apps searchable data … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Digital Recording, iOS, iPad, Voice Recorder | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Ergonomics and “Texting Thumbs”

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Virginia Hixson’s article on Ergonomics for Text Messaging  previously posted provides information on research and ergonomic solutions for discomfort associated with Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and one specific RSI injury called De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis  . RSI and De Quervain’s has been increasingly identified with discomfort associated with excessive … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities of Daily Living, Android, Apps for OT's, Ergonomics, Finger Isolation, iPhone, iPod, Mobile Device Use, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, Voice Recorder | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Differentiation in the Classroom – Using an iPod Touch with Voice Recording Apps

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Presenting information individually in front of the class is often a requirement of class assignments for elementary through high school students. Some of our special needs students struggle with this task, whether due to difficulty with reading, recalling, speech challenges or extreme shyness … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Differentiation, High School, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod/iPad Accessory, Middle School, Note Taking App, Presentation Tools, Special education, Special Needs, Voice Recorder | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment