[NFB-Braille-Discussion] Braille transcribing question

[Kendra Schaber]

Hi all! 
Braille technology like imbossers are extreamly expensive and not all schools and worksites have them. My school doesn’t have one so whenever I need hard copy braille, I have to get mine custom ordered around a year in advanced. Ironically, I’ve had better luck with getting tests and hand outs in braille than I have with actual textbooks. The last time I had to get a braille textbook, I had half of it arrive on time and the other half arrive at the end of the term that I needed it instead of halfway through the term like it was suposed to be. I wound up having to hire a reader to survive the rest of that class. Unfortunently, it happened to be a math class where the book had to be in braille because it was also one of the Pierson books that is set up to be inaccessible to read in other alternitive forms including electronic braille. The rest of the time, I use digital books that Voice Dream reads just fine. 


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> On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:43, Sahar's Beaded Creations via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I don't think slates and Perkins braillers are unnecessary, but transcribing
> is done using software and embossers these days. You can even do graphics
> with embossers.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
> Behalf Of Josh Kennedy via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 6:16 AM
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> Cc: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] Braille transcribing question
> 
> Hi,
> But do transcribers still use perkins braillers or maybe electric perkins
> braillers today? I imagine there may still be some textbooks or parts of
> textbooks which require special formatting, where it may be easier just to
> use a perkins brailler and hand-transcribe the material in the textbook so
> the transcriber can make sure the text comes out exactly as he or she
> wishes, placing the perkins brailler in the exact spots to get the desired
> results. Or are computers so advanced now that you can do even the most
> advanced and unusual formatting with translators and computer braille
> embossers, making perkins braillers or 40-cell transcribing slates
> unnecessary? 
> 
> 
> Josh
> 
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