The alphasmart is a light and portable note taker with a small display screen. The fantastic thing about the alphasmart is that it allows people who aren't so great at hand writing to participate a bit more be it in a lecture, meeting at work or even if you don't have a laptop and want to type something out to put on your desktop computer. It is ridiculously easy to use, once the batteries are in it is just a case of turning the alphasmart on and away you go! The "Qwerty" keyboard means not getting confused. There are 8 files on the alphasmart allowing you to write up to 8 documents at a time before having to upload the documents onto a ...  Read the complete review

It has being organised that I am to have a Alphasmart 3000 for use at University. I am waiting for confirmation from my LEA (Local Education Authority) that I can purchase one of these machines. Which I am expecting any day. Here is what I know about the AS3000: It has a Full Size keyboard with 80 keys. Rugged, lightweight design. 4-line by 40-character LCD display. Functions as a full-featured keyboard when connected to your Macintosh's or PC's keyboard port. Comes with 3 AA batteries. It holds 100 pages of text. It has 8 files to store different data in, each holding approximately 12.5 pages of text(adding up to ...  Read the complete review

As part of my HND course, I was asked to, to use and evaluate a piece of equipment for a person with a disability and I choose to evaluate the AlphaSmart 3000. The AlphaSmart 3000 is a simple, portable key board/ Note taker. It is compatible with any computer, Macintosh or PC, and with most printers. It enables users to type, edit and electronically store text (for example, reports, essays, email messages or notes), and to practice keyboarding, without having to be at a computer. It is basically a full-size keyboard, made of a blue plastic keys ( that can get scratched easily) and all, about the size of a three ring binder. There's a line of grey ...  Read the complete review