Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder is designed for businesses but helpful in many other arenas, especially for kids with audio processing delays. Kids can both record lectures or discussion and manually enter notes (typed or drawn), and then replay them later. During playback, notes and drawings appear in context, synced with the audio. Kids can also upload presentation slides to annotate over. Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder is an all-inclusive app for audio note taking, but it can be cumbersome to learn all of its features and how to send from a mobile device to a computer. Kids younger than 12 will likely need help getting started.What kids can learn
The design of the interface feels very business-minded and not necessarily kid-friendly. There are multiple options for backgrounds (graph paper, lined paper, blank canvas) and the app allows kids to upload their own images to write notes on, which offers a little personalization.
For older kids who struggle to accurately hear and translate verbal directions or information to paper, Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder provides a great bridge. The platform's ability to upload presentation backgrounds and/or slides gives kids with processing delays an opportunity to keep up with their classmates and still be active participants in their classroom.
Many of the features are self explanatory, but users should practice using Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder to figure out how each part works before attempting to use it to record a lecture. There is a user guide online, but not within the app itself.
What's it about?
AUDIONOTE - NOTEPAD AND VOICE RECORDER allows users to tap a button and record audio notes while simultaneously drawing or typing notes. Kids can pause and edit audio notes, save them to Dropbox or iCloud, highlight important key words, and input presentation slides to annotate. Backgrounds can be adjusted to include lined writing paper, graphing paper, or white canvas paper. Typed notes can sync to audio recordings and will highlight in a different color when timed correctly. Using file sharing in iTunes, Dropbox, or iCloud, kids can store their notes and access them on a computer.
Is it any good?
Though the features provided by Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder are vast, they are sometimes difficult to maneuver. Kids with audio processing delays may find this tool helpful in capturing information, but may grow frustrated by the complexity of the features. If kids are able to receive lecture slides ahead of time or capture images of important information, Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder seems like a worthwhile tool for audio note taking and for kids willing to put in the time to learn the tool.
Families can talk about...
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Families can talk about effective note-taking and study skills. Help kids discover how they best learn and how they can best make sense of the information teachers are presenting. What are some ways to take notes? Is it helpful to be able to listen to information as well as read it?
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As a family, brainstorm ways to create something meaningful with the notes recorded using Audionote - Notepad and Voice Recorder. For instance, kids can write a song or poem, paint a picture, or design an animated game to apply this information and make it stick.
App details
| Devices: | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mac, Android, Fire phone, Kindle Fire, Apps for Windows, Windows Phone |
| Price: | $4.99 |
| Pricing structure: | Free to Try, Paid |
| Release date: | January 23, 2015 |
| Category: | Education |
| Size: | 10.00 MB |
| Publisher: | Luminant Software |
| Version: | 4.3.4 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 5.1.1 or later |
