[nabs-l] Fair payment for readers

[john mestemacher]

I am not sure if this could help but android lollipop has incredible and
writing recognition software. I think it runs through Google. Maybe look
into that.
On Oct 12, 2015 22:00, "Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I finally broke down per lack of choice (those who saw my last thread
> know why) and emailed my classmates to get a human reader for
> handwritten documents which can not be handled by the DS office or
> Robo Braille due to confidentiality and ethics concerns in my field.
> One of my classmates responded tonight and said she is willing to read
> the documents to me.  They're song lyrics and I suspect that they'll
> be fairly simple for her to read, and that we'll get through the
> process quickly enough, but I have never had a reader before so I'm
> not sure how best to offer fair payment.  How does this typically
> work?  I mentioned in my email that we could work something out, but I
> said that more because I had no clue how much or how little would be
> fair (though I am willing to pay the person in a drink from Starbucks
> or something if they prefer that over cash).  We've set aside 25
> minutes to read these three documents, so what should I shoot for?
> Thanks to those of you who have advised me so far on this.
>
> --
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton-Music Therapy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present
> Secretary, The National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts
> Division 2015-2016
>
> "You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back!"
>
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