If you must miss class, don’t miss your notes

The life of a college student is a busy one and trying to balance study with various other extra curricular activities can be pretty challenging.

Say you have an important lecture at 4pm that just happens to coincide with a party invitation you received yesterday from buddy x which you can't afford to miss or worse still, you play for the college hockey team and a crucial game is on the way.

In both aforementioned scenarios a student is forced to make a choice, a choice which may mean either skipping classes to attend to the other business or vice versa, such decisions are sometimes difficult to make in light of the fact that both activities are considered important by the student.

If you choose to skip classes then you may have to borrow notes from colleagues in order to catch up, this is not always an attractive option since you're not guaranteed of its completeness. Even to those that choose to stay behind, note taking while simultaneously listening to the Professor can slow you down and is never productive because learning is a cognitive process that demands your full concentration.

Nonotes understands the challenges college students face and has set out to address those challenges in a highly efficient way. At Nonotes we're dedicated to making the life of every college student an easy and productive one. And the way and how we do it is set to transform college experience of most students for the better.

With Nonotes.com making choices just became easier. If you have to skip class due to one reason or the other, you no-longer have to worry about missing notes. Sign up for a free account online at Nonotes today and learn more about what Nonotes can do to make your life easier.

Killer Startups Article

NoNotes.com - Say Goodbye To Taking Notes

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A fact is a fact – you know that if you are going to take notes at school or at a meeting you are going to do so at the expense of not being that active in the conversation. That is, the role of he who jots everything down is essentially a passive (or receptive) one. Such a fact somehow defies the purpose of being there, as the message which is communicated always amounts to much than these things that can be written down.

NoNotes is a startup which aims to address these shortcomings. In general terms, we could say it is a transcription and translation service which is backed by voice-recording technology. The mechanics of the site involve recording a class and its subsequent upload to the site in order to be transcribed and sent back to you.

Attending classes is not for everybody. I don’t know how beneficial will something like this turn out to be for the ones whose habits are on the lazy side, as it will just reinforce them. Conversely, the ones who want to focus on every word the teacher is saying instead of taking notes frantically couldn’t ask for a better tool. Whatever side you are on, this is an interesting service for sure.

In their own words

“NoNotes.com is a student founded company who’s goal is to improve the way students throughout the world learn. Using NoNotes will allow you to focus on learning while in class rather than having to focus your attention on taking notes. Our company exists to simplify the learning process and our system is based on the cognitive processes involved with learning.

As students we understand that endless writing, while simultaneously trying to pay attention and absorb class subject
matter is ineffective. Our service allows you to sit back, learn, ask questions and make the most of your class time. We provide you with a written copy of the notes—making studying and content review simple and effective.

We are students helping students and we're here to make your semester easier.”

Why it might be a killer

It will effectively mean students can focus on the class as a whole, and it also makes sharing notes a doodle.

Some questions

How much does this service exactly retail for? In case you are a translator, how can you volunteer your services?

Read more: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/nonotes-com-say-goodbye-to-taking-notes#ixzz0WrAw2tIm

Vancouver Sun Article

Note-taking via the web

By Gillian Shaw, Vancouver SunNovember 13, 2009

NoNotes is a web-based service that has both a transcription service for students' notes, plus a translation service.

Photograph by: Handout, Vancouver Sun

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A solution if you're given to snoozing through lectures -- or as this Ottawa-based student-founded company points out, you'd like to focus on learning instead of trying to keep up your notes. NoNotes is a web-based service that has both a transcription service for students' notes, plus a translation service. To use the service, create an account on the online site and then simply upload an audio file, which will be returned as typed content in your e-mail. It will also be available on the NoNotes server. NoNotes commits to having the transcription back within three days, but the company says normal turnaround time is one to two days, with an expedited service to come. The service comes in packages that start at $11.75 for one hour of class time, five hours at $53.75, and 10 hours for $95.75. www.nonotes.com.