[nabs-l] Working from home

Wed Nov 19 01:48:52 UTC 2014

Hi Gloria and all,

This is an interesting topic and I'd like to add my incite here.

Both my parents work from home and have been for a long time.  My 
dad works with computers and my mom is actually a Braille 
transcriber, which Jorge talked about.  I think that my parents 
have very good experiences working from home, as the  work that 
they do isn't difficult, and plus as a bonus, they get to spend 
more time with the family.
Also, my mom has another job working from home.  She is 
originally from France, and she also works as a translator 
(though this is not her main job) and works with texts between 
French and English.

So Gloria, yes, I would strongly reccomend working from home.  
I'm sure you'll get a good experience, because you work in your 
field of interest (my dad's being computers, and my mom's of 
course being Braille, which she had since I was born) and you get 
to spend more time with your family.
There is a wide variety of jobs from home that are out there.  If 
you speak another language other than English and if you are 
interested in languages, you can work as an interpreter (on the 
phone) or a translator (working with written text) between the 
languages that you know.
You can also work as a Braille transcriber or proofreader.  Note 
on that one though, Jorge is right; most transcribers work from 
print to Braille, which my mom does.  Not sure how you could 
handle that as a blind person.  You'll probably have to inquire 
that you are blind yourself when you apply for job (if you want 
to do it, of course).

Hope this helps, and good luck with finding a job from home!

Thanks,

Sami.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Jorge Paez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Gloria Graves <gloria.graves at gmail.com>,National Association 
of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:58:36 -0800
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Working from home

I know Marry K Cosmetics runs some kind of virtual assistant 
thing
where you can assist customers from home.
The link is:
http://www.marykay.com/en-us/beabeautyconsultant/Pages/default.as
px
Also, on a completely different line of thought, I believe you 
can be
a braille proof reader as well.
I'm not sure if this pays at all or if they only use volunteers, 
but
take a look around.
Maybe a transcription center would let you check the braille
transcription after its done?
Not to check accuracy against the print--unless you have enough 
vision
to do that, but I meant more like proofreading, to make sure the
braille is done correctly.

Jorge

On 11/18/14, Gloria Graves via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 Hi all,
 Does anyone know of any jobs that I can do from home living in 
Iowa? It
 seems like there's a lot of at home type jobs a person can do 
and many other
 states but I haven't seen many and Ila.  As it has been 
expressed in a great
 deal on this nice a lot of blind individuals are having 
difficulty finding
 employment and there are some of us who have been fortunate 
enough to find
 some tosomething that they can do from home and this is an 
option that I'm
 looking into exploring.  Thanks for any help, advice, or 
suggestions you can
 give.
 Gloria

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effectively.  If one of them falls down, the other can help him . 
 .
Two people can resist an attack that would defeat one person 
alone.  A
rope made of three cords is hard to break.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 (TEV)

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped 
life
isa flourishing tree.

Proverbs 11:28 (Msg)

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord. . . .  They are like 
trees
planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the 
water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months 
of
drought.  Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing
delicious fruit.

Jeremiah 17:7 8 (NLT)

For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible 
and
invisible, . . .  everything got started in him and finds its 
purpose
in him.

Colossians 1:16 (Msg)

Unless you assume a God, the question of life s purpose is 
meaningless.

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