Free Notetaking Services

Free Notetaking Services

SADeaf Life and Ordinary members are entitled to 20 Free Notetaking Sessions (FNS) in a year.

Note that these are applicable to personal requests to be paid by clients.
Institutes/organisations which are making the service request for their clients/students are to refer to the standard rates (see next section).

Notetaking Charges for SADeaf Life and Ordinary Members (per note-taker)

  1. Each FNS is limited to four continuous hours per session.
  2. A maximum of two FNS can be utilised per day per client.
  3. $10 per hour (for hours beyond the Free Notetaking Service on the same day).
  4. For members who have used up their FNS for the year, the following standard rates apply
    • Registered Client: $10/hour, minimum payable of three hours ($30).
    • Unregistered Individual: $30/hour, minimum payable of two hours ($60).
  5. Late Booking: $30 Levy Charge or request to be charged as two FNS (for requests made within three working days before the date of requested service).
  6. Late Cancellation: $10 Levy Charge or forfeit of one FNS (for cancellations made less than 24 hours from start time of requested service).
  7. Minimum Charge is chargeable for cancellations made less than two hours before start of requested service. If you are using FNS for this session, one FNS will be forfeited.
  8. Actual billable duration of service is rounded up to the next hour.
    For example, if service is provided for 2 hours 15 minutes, it will be billed as 3 hours of service
  9. Requests for different modules/subjects/nature of lessons (lectures/tutorials/practicals) will be considered as separate requests.