[AERNet] Braille Transcribers?

[Judi Piscitello]

Hi Tom!

I have several suggestions with regard to recruiting a braille transcriber for your school district.  

First, contact your local blindness agencies and your state's instructional resource center for the blind to find out if they are aware of any local transcribers who might be interested.  

Next, contact the National Braille Association http://www.nationalbraille.org  or e-mail NBAoffice at nationalbraille.org or call (585)-427-8260.

Sources of Custom-Produced Books ( http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/directories/sources.html ) is a publication of the National Library Service that lists volunteer braille groups by state, city, and group name.  This list is dated 2001, so it may not be as helpful as contacting the National Braille Association.

You may also want to contact American Braille Career School:
http://www.brailleplus.net/school 
and Vivian Seki at the Northwest Vista Community College Braille Transcriber Training Program in Texas: 
http://www.accd.edu/nvc/areas/braille or e-mail nvcbrail at accd.edu to find out if any of their graduates might be looking for work and willing to move to your area.

Finally, you could advertise on the Braille Help listserv (I'd be glad to do that for you), or you might e-mail the Braille Transcribers' listserv (I hope it's still at the following address):
BrailleTranscribers at egroups.com 

Meanwhile, I encourage you and everyone on this list to recruit transcribers for the future.  I would be glad to share a flyer I developed for this purpose with anyone upon request.

Good Luck!

- Judi Piscitello, TVI, COMS
Jpiscite at mail.nysed.gov 
Assistant, Training of Special Educators
NYS School for the Blind Outreach Department
2A Richmond Avenue
Batavia, NY 14020
(585) 343-5384 ext. 427
FAX (585) 343-0652	
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/nyssb/resource.htm 
“The most important thing in this life is helping others to win, even if that means slowing down and changing our own race.” - Author Unknown


>>> <TomRWoodman at aol.com> 01/05/07 8:20 AM >>>
Our school is looking for a full time braille transcriber for the 07-08 
school year and beyond.  Does anybody have any suggestions on where to advertise or 
how to seek out such a person?  I just put an ad on SPEDEX and would like to 
hear some suggestions.  I'm starting on my search early because I know it 
coulod be tough to find the right person.  Where do transcribers gather?
Thanks, Tom