Alyssa ErvenTo my #Blind current and future jobseekers out there, please take the time to learn to use a computer. Especially if you are in school, resist the urge to just use your iPad or notetaker. Most workplaces require computer skills, preferably using Windows at least here in the U.S. Thank you for reading my unsolicited words of wisdom.
@alyssa6595 Yes, thank you. In high school I had at least one, maybe two or three, teachers who pushed and pushed me to use a notetaker over my computer. Even then I knew what a heaping pile of bullshit that was. You're not really gonna get far in the working world if you heavily rely on your notetaker over a computer for most of your tasks. Give me a computer over some notetaker or ipad any day.
Borris@Kaliah @alyssa6595 Yes, I definitely would have gotten Microsoft and Novell certified while I was still in high school if I had only used my notetaker for everything... except not.
Different time and place. There were no iPhones or iPads when I was in school. Students are in a weird place now, with so much being done on Google chrome books. In many cases, they have no idea about the basics of what the real world has been using for years, so that entire paradigm is shifting, and accessibility complicates things even more on top of all that. It's all a mess.
Different time and place. There were no iPhones or iPads when I was in school. Students are in a weird place now, with so much being done on Google chrome books. In many cases, they have no idea about the basics of what the real world has been using for years, so that entire paradigm is shifting, and accessibility complicates things even more on top of all that. It's all a mess.
@BorrisInABox @alyssa6595 Yeah no. A notetaker is a tool for those who want it, but not every blindy is a notetaker enthusiast. I certainly am not. Pushing them on every blind person, which is what every teacher I seemed to be encountering in my high school was doing, is useless. I'm not saying "don't use notetakers ever," but if someone doesn't want them, they shouldn't be forced to use them. And I think every blind person should at least be made to have basic computer knowledge, you're not going to get a single step into the working world with just your braille notetaker and dictation on an ipad.