[nabs-l] Fair payment for readers

Tue Oct 13 03:30:00 UTC 2015

Hi Kaiti,

I've heard of recognition software for android too, but IMO you are better 
off with a reader.
Readers can intrerpet things more accurately  anyway.

In terms of cost, this is a short thing not an ongoing thing.
About 30 minutes is not much time. I'd suggest either paying the reader 5 
dollars in cash or something equivalent. Some ideas that I think are fair 
compensation for that are a small meal, snack on campus, a starbucks coffee 
or a small gift card.
Personally, I've paid readers out of pocket as my folks can support that. 
The va rehab services can do it, but I hate the fact they only pay minimum 
wage, and I have a hard enough time getting reliable readers paying a higher 
rate. I pay readers, usually for library research, at rate of 10 dollars an 
hour.

Good luck and   I hope they rread well.
The reader should read slowly and will probably need to tell you about 
punctuation and paragraph changes which are important in song lyrics.
Its not the easiest thing to read another's handwriting, so I hope it works 
out alright.

HTH,
ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 11:12 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: Kaiti Shelton
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fair payment for readers

Well, I have a few hesitations with that.  First, I'm interested in it
but does it store the handwriting images or the converted images in
any form?  I'm skeptical of it for that reason because These lyrics
are part of music therapy sessions and need to stay confidential for
client privacy and for professional ethics on my end.  If I cannot
guarantee that the files are not stored in any way I can't use it.  I
do not have a droid device, so it would have to run off of a PC or an
IPhone which I doubt it would.  Also, I already have the human reader
lined up for a date and time so I'm more interested in making sure
that I adequately pay her since I didn't know about this other option
from my first thread and have the time to investigate it further
before booking the human reader.  I will check it out to have as a
tool for personal use, though.

On 10/12/15, john mestemacher via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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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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