Education

Mainstreamed Classrooms

School districts are finding funding cuts are a terribly negative consequence of the Great Recession.  Budget cuts, fewer school days, teacher and staff furlough days, the mandate to do much more with much less.  Now you can honor your IEP obligations for notetaking and reduce costs.

MeetHear is a communication system that supports mainstreamed classrooms for students who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a cognitive disorder, and provides them with a tool enabling them to join in discussions and lessons.  The clean and uncluttered user interface means less distraction for certain students.  Improve literacy and communication skills, reading comprehension, knowledge transfer and retention.

·         Supports speech-to-text, endorsed by many academic studies

·         Brief training creates 95+% accuracy

·         Immediate availability of information

·         Text can be captured and saved, and emailed to any
number of recipients

·         Exclusive multi-tasking feature, avoids the extra cost of an additional computer

·         Multiple classrooms can be used in the same school

·         Supports multiple students in classrooms

·         Cost effective compared to other forms of accommodation

·         Immediate availability, no scheduling of outside resources

·         Inclusive, allows individuals to sit anywhere

·         Interactive for individuals who are unable to speak

·         Avoids the switch to notetaker for classmates who should be students
(the "texting-while-driving" analogy)

·         Anonymity feature, encourages participation in class

·         Classroom analytics provide feedback on students' progress over time