[Ohio-Talk] I’m Certified as a Braille Transcriber!

[Robert Spangler]

Congratulations, that's really cool!


On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 12:56 AM Caroline Karbowski via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> On Friday I got my score back and I passed to be a literary braille
> transcriber! Yay!!!
>
> I started the transcriber course 3.5 years ago and what I’m super happy
> about is I proofread my manuscript tactilely while looking at the print
> book to check. I realized looking visually at the braille manuscript and
> visually at the print book back-and-forth wasn’t efficient because I had to
> keep re-finding my place again. Doing the tactile/visual method allowed me
> to keep my place the whole time! I’m happy because I used to not trust
> myself to proofread tactilely.
>
> I am hoping to use this to test out of braille classes in a future TVI/TBS
> program, and use the great background to continue to share about braille
> and teach it to others.
>
> I’m considering starting some at-home transcribing. Honestly though not
> really sure where to get started in that! Kind of have a few other
> entrepreneurial ventures right now, too! I’m going to reach out to some of
> the transcriber groups that I’m in for some next step options but if you
> know of people let me know as well. I feel like there’s a big jump between
> just being certified and people who’ve been doing transcribing for a long
> time!
>
> Thank you for all you support!
>
> Caroline Karbowski
> Carolinekarbo at gmail.com
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