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The Notey, a hacked together low cost " Note Taker" solution made by a citizen hacker with off the shelf and pretty minimal effort, is really an awesome idea. Anything that sticks it to the manufacturers while providing a comparable solution to their often ridiculously limited and overpriced products is good in my book.

Unfortunately however, since it uses scripts to work, it currently requires the use of JAWS, an expensive commercial that costs $800 to $1200 USD to buy outright. Since only the U.S. and Canada currently have the $95 annual JAWS license option, I think it sadly still fails to bring the price down enough to be attainable for many people.

A very interesting space to watch though... If it can be made to work with , a Screen Reader solution, then it could be workable for people in allot more areas. I hope that the NVDA add-on community can lend some assistance here and maybe lighten the load on the creator, Drew Weber, @_IllegallyBlind on Twitter.










Notey the notetaker. Build yours or get software updates.Notey the notetaker. Build yours or get software updatesBy thatweber
Lisa
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@Superfreq good job hackers you broke it when you used jaws rather than nvda wunder if somoen could make an adon?

LaurenZannah in Techland🏳️‍⚧️
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@Superfreq I do think it’s kind of amazing/hilarious that the low-cost note taker is a battery and an interface strapped to a tiny Windows computer. There is so much room to make better Braille-interface computers than we have

ircwaves
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@Jrandom -- this made me think of the Tech Matters origin story. Sounds like it is begs for a more attainable solution.