[blindkid] transcribing time

Tue Mar 30 12:27:59 UTC 2010

Is it a wrong assumption that perhaps getting a braille printer could
minimize the time necessary for certain work sheets to be converted? And if
this is in fact possible, would the commission or the nfb have options for
our blind students in need?

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Carol Castellano
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:00 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] transcribing time

Any possibility that the transcriptionist can do the worksheets in a 
simpler, yet still effective, way?

Carol

Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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At 01:05 AM 3/30/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Joy,
>My boys are in second & seventh grade.
>This still happens to us from time to time; no system is perfect.
>But to have this happening consistently is a huge concern.
>Have you identified which step in the process is the problem?
>At different timepoints over the years, we have identified different 
>problem/rate limiting steps.
>We have found that certain teachers need to be reminded from time to 
>time that the materials need to be turned in ahead of time.
>The TVI needs to be in communication with the classroom teacher(s).
>It usually takes about a month at the beginning of the school year 
>to get the process down each year.
>
>We have always requested both an early school year IEP meeting AND 
>an additional end-of-the-year IEP meeting to sum up how the year 
>went & to prepare for the following year.
>Once the next year's teacher is identified, the TVI meets with them 
>& requests that they provide the bulk of the handouts & worksheets 
>that would typically be used by that teacher the following year. All 
>that gets brailled & modified over the summer & is delivered to the 
>teacher at the beginning of the school year.
>That way it reduces the load fort he braillist during the year.
>Here they would really like things a week ahead of time, though they 
>have recently been pretty good about accommodating shorter 
>turn-around requests.
>We still get print/non-accessible stuff from time to time. When it 
>happens more regularly, we speak up & things generally re-set & get 
>done in relatively timely fashion again.
>If this is a regular problem, then is may be well worth calling 
>together an IEP meeting to address workflow & expectations & to 
>personalize this by focusing on the impact on the child (guilt can 
>do wonders), or it may be helpful to meet with the head of special 
>ed in the district or the head of the VI program.
>Best wishes,
>Eric V
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Orton" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
>To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 14:46
>Subject: [blindkid] transcribing time
>
>
>>Dear friends,
>>Where can I find an estimate of the time it takes to transcribe materials
to
>>braille? Is it even possible to estimate the time needed for worksheets
for
>>a third grader?
>>My child comes home with worksheets for math with lots of clocks,
>>thermometers, money, graphs, and more. Our transcriber in the district
does
>>a great job on them.
>>
>>We have an awesome transcriptionist who does a lot of work on her own
time,
>>and I think the district ought to pay her for it. But I don't want to
sound
>>like I am saying she can't get her job done in the time allotted. She
works
>>hard and well. I want the district to realize they probably need to pay
>>overtime or hire a second person to cover all the materials that she has
to
>>do.
>>
>>Has anyone had this issue? How did you deal with it?
>>Joy Orton
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