jsph110
02-18-2008, 10:36 PM
Thats it guys. i discovered my way out of this maze. i am in college and i hate reading. i hate to go sit in the library to study. God brought this idea to my head the other day last week when i asked this pastor friend to pray for me over the issue. the same day, this idea came to my head and i went out and bought this digital voice recorder with a usb port to connect to the computer. now i read out my text books, record myself and write the names of the files on the files; it works just like msword. its very easy. then transfer them to itunes. or you can just save them anywhere on the computer. the program does it for you. listen to your textbooks on your ipod when you are walking around instead of going to your library fellow add'ers!!
the problem is that it consumes batteries like camels in arabian desserts drink water!! lol. but i know i don't even have to buy audio books from anywhere when i would rather listen to my own voice!! thankyou Jesus.
the problem is that it consumes batteries like camels in arabian desserts drink water!! lol. but i know i don't even have to buy audio books from anywhere when i would rather listen to my own voice!! thankyou Jesus.
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addprogrammer
02-19-2008, 08:39 PM
jsph,
You can use your computer to record and beat the battery problem. If you have a laptop and can plug it in you have portability too.
Incidently, I've used your solution and it is not without problems.
Recording the read is a very good way to slow our brains down enough to parse the info. The problem with recording the entire text comes in when you go to review. My experience has been understanding takes place during the review.
Try a little experiment. Try recording just the key thoughts in each meaningful section. That may be a paragraph, a subhead or an entire chapter depending on complexity and how much you already know about the subject.
What works best for me is to jot the key thoughts in the margins. Most books for nerds have lots of marginal space but some don't. For the latter I use notepad for my notes and then paste (literally scotch tape) my notes into the book.
Why lowly notepad and not Word or some other high end word processor? No bells and whistles to divert my attention.
The active ingredient for me at least is to somehow interact with the read.
Bob
PS Another factor to keep in mind that different subject require different study methods. For example, reading/recording a book on math would be a total waste of my time. My last math book was analytic geometry. I had to work out the examples or nada went into the ol' brain. Same holds true with languages whether computer or spoken.
You can use your computer to record and beat the battery problem. If you have a laptop and can plug it in you have portability too.
Incidently, I've used your solution and it is not without problems.
Recording the read is a very good way to slow our brains down enough to parse the info. The problem with recording the entire text comes in when you go to review. My experience has been understanding takes place during the review.
Try a little experiment. Try recording just the key thoughts in each meaningful section. That may be a paragraph, a subhead or an entire chapter depending on complexity and how much you already know about the subject.
What works best for me is to jot the key thoughts in the margins. Most books for nerds have lots of marginal space but some don't. For the latter I use notepad for my notes and then paste (literally scotch tape) my notes into the book.
Why lowly notepad and not Word or some other high end word processor? No bells and whistles to divert my attention.
The active ingredient for me at least is to somehow interact with the read.
Bob
PS Another factor to keep in mind that different subject require different study methods. For example, reading/recording a book on math would be a total waste of my time. My last math book was analytic geometry. I had to work out the examples or nada went into the ol' brain. Same holds true with languages whether computer or spoken.
jsph110
02-21-2008, 09:19 AM
it never occured to me that you could record with the computer. also, you are right about the math. you can't do much with recording math. lol. thanks for your reply./
addprogrammer
02-28-2008, 04:44 PM
equest,
Good stuff. Wow. I'm on it.
Bob
Good stuff. Wow. I'm on it.
Bob
Thunor
03-03-2008, 04:20 AM
I had to work out the examples or nada went into the ol' brain.
That so perfectly describes me! I can't learn math at all without doing examples. You can teach me all day long, but without the benefit of working out the examples for myself, it's all worthless.
That so perfectly describes me! I can't learn math at all without doing examples. You can teach me all day long, but without the benefit of working out the examples for myself, it's all worthless.