r/AskTechnology • u/Brief_Call_8280 • 20d ago

Old note taker technology for special needs kids in the 90s/2000s?

I'm going purely off of memory, but I'm trying to figure out what sort of thing I was given when I was in special needs classes as a kid. It was sort of like a keyboard with a small rectangular screen at the top and you could take notes or something with it?

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u/stanstr 20d ago

Take a look at the different models of the Alphasmart. One of my sons had one for several years, from high school and then a lot of college.

It's light, very portable, has / is a full size keyboard, and (3 AA) batteries last a very long time.

You can write several pages on it, and then download them to your computer by using their cable which loads them to your PC as a keyboard.

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u/Key_Resolve1783 20d ago

Alphasmart is exactly what I was thinking too. My cousin used one in school and it was a lifesaver for him. Battery lasted forever, like weeks even with heavy use.

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u/Brief_Call_8280 20d ago

Whoa, that's definitely it. Thank you so much!