Mic’d

I landed in Austin, Texas this Friday, for a semester. I’ve discussed the needed accommodations with the responsible departments, and still was somewhat worried. I’m not used to getting live transcription in lectures, for example. It’s actually quite the opposite: at least for a while, I was known for being the one sharing her notes on every course.

Well, I was in for a surprise. Not only was it surprisingly easy to set up the hardware and software needed to get the captioner going, the professors recognized the neck microphone and asked me whether they should wear it. For the first time in a while, I got every word that was said in the class.