Linda.Iverson@p0.f33.n130.z1.fidonet.org (Linda Iverson) (10/03/90)
Index Number: 10800
Hi, Bill! I've heard the proofreader course is hard and
meticulous, but most things don't come easy. I think a lot of
learning anything isn't even being smart, but being persistent
and realizing you are the person involved. What you are
learning is a skill--not a living, thinking being. Hey, I'd
appreciate all the prayers I can get! I will be doing braille
transcription, word processing, creative writing--whatever
anyone wants done. I'm sure your teacher was good, but there
are many good braille readers who don't know all the fine rules
of braille. I know I don't, but I can recognize errors when I
see them. Playing with words and writing are things I like to
do, so I'll give it a shot. In the meantime, should something
come up I'll quit. I think with computer braille though there
probably needs to be more proofreaders. Running braille through
a translator isn't the hard part. Making sure that braille
looks nice and neat is the toughie! We have an organization
here that can do braille, and it is awful! Bill, sighted people
would pay for print newsletters or even take them free if they
came out the way these guys do their braille--no end-of-line
hyphenation, no page numbers, no paragraphs! They just run it
through the translator and send it out!
Anyway, we'll both hang in there and pray for each other. How's
that? I don't think I could do telemarketing, so I admire your
sticktuitiveness. Bye for now. Linda
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Internet: Linda.Iverson@p0.f33.n130.z1.fidonet.orgRob.Flor@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Flor) (10/05/90)
Index Number: 10884
Linda, to Bill Koppleman, writes:
I will be doing braille transcription, word processing,
creative writing--whatever anyone wants done. There are many
good braille readers who don't know all the fine rules of
braille. I know I don't, but I can recognize errors when I see
them. Playing with words and writing are things I like to do,
so I'll give it a shot.
I think with computer braille though there probably needs to be
more proofreaders. Running braille through a translator isn't
the hard part. Making sure that braille looks nice and neat is
the toughie! We have an organization here that can do braille,
and it is awful! .....the way these guys do their braille--no
end-of-line hyphenation, no page numbers, no paragraphs! They
just run it through the translator and send it out!
Linda,
What kinds of documents are needed in braille? Is braille
service that is wanted and needed? I am working through the state
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and have the opportunity to
set up an "at home" business. I enjoy word processing, and have
written several programs to reformat text to fit on different size
pages. It sounds like a real challange to reformat a standard text
document to print out in a very different format and preserve
the integrity of the paragraphs, table of contents etc.
Can you tell me more about braille transcription? What
equipment you use, who is it who needs work transcribed? If I
can find a need for that service here I may be interested in
providing it. I also may be able to come up with some software
for you which will take care of some of the preliminary
reformatting to get the documents to a form that will transcribe
to meet high standards.
I look forward to talking more with you.
Rob
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