[nabs-l] Fair payment for readers

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Kaiti. I think buying your reader a drink from Starbucks is about
the right amount to pay for a half-hour of work. When I was an
undergrad ten years ago, (has it been that long?) I was told the going
rate was $7. By now it's probably gone up to $10 or so, so a $5 drink
seems about right.
Using a DSS employee has its ups and downs. If you will need a lot of
reading time, it could save you money. On the downside, it can take
some time to get the reader job set up, and when you use a DSS
employee, you sometimes lose some control over the management process.
I once had a lab assistant hired by DSS, and in the beginning she had
problems with showing up to my class late. It frustrated me that I
couldn't directly fire her if she was repeatedly late, and that
getting a replacement would take several weeks. Fortunately my lab
assistant did get better about punctuality, but my point is that you
do lose some control and some efficiency if you go the DSS route.
Anyway, I'm glad you found someone who is interested and I hope the
reading relationship goes well. In the best cases, a reading
relationship can be mutually beneficial to both people involved.
Best, Arielle

On 10/12/15, Miso Kwak via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Kaiti,
> If it's something related to your coursework, one route u could take is have
> your reader hired by the disability service office.
> A down side of this could be having to go through the hiring process.
> If circumstances work out, you could have a student who is already hired by
> the office as your reader, and that student could log his/her reading time
> into the time sheet.
> I hope this makes sense and is helpful.
> Miso
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 7:59 PM, 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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