[nabs-l] Fair payment for readers

Tue Oct 13 13:28:59 UTC 2015

  I don't remember if I said this on here before, but very wise advise 
you guys give for readers! concept which here in Mexico isn't known, or 
maybe it is but who knows. At least I hadn't heard of it until mentioned 
on here.

El 12/10/2015 10:30 p.m., Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l escribió:
> 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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Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki
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