Some disabled students need someone to type notes or even assignments from an audio recording. One example would be a PhD student who needs to transcribe the content of an interview they have conducted for research purposes; if someone has an upper limb disorder such as arthritis this may not be possible and your role would be to make a verbatim transcript of the recording.

Another example would be where a disabled student’s note-taker was unable to attend a particular session. In such cases the student may have an audio recording of the lecture on an MP3 recorder – alternatively, the lecture in question may have been captured using Queen Mary’s ‘Q Review’ system which makes video and audio recordings of lectures held in most of the major lecture theatres across campus. In this situation you will need to type or write notes so that the student you are supporting can have a comprehensive and accurate set of lecture notes to study and revise from.

With any form of transcribing, it is important to write everything down exactly as it was said – if there are any direct instructions from either the student or the Disability and Dyslexia Service they will let you know.

Last modified: Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 12:07 PM