[duxuser] Re: Braille Bills
- From: Katie.Culbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:07:38 -0400
I believe some of this also happens because lack of understanding and
training by the corporation producing it. I've found sometimes it's not an
agency at all.
I attended an information session recently at a hospital that was going to
start producing their own registration, informed consent and other forms.
They had purchased an embosser that came with a basic braille translation
software. They were under the impression that everything would transcribe
and appear just as the print by just a couple of simple commands. There
was also a certified transcriber in attendance and we emphasized the
importance of having the materials proofed by someone knowledgeable in
braille before they were distributed to patients - particularly since some
were legal documents! We were very impressed that the hospital was wanting
to take the steps to make all materials accessible to patients in the
formats they preferred, but definitely concerned about the
misrepresentation or misunderstanding about how braille is produced.
Katie Culbertson
Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist
West Central Joint Services
227-8542 WCJS
243-5510 WCJS Fax
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"Bruce Toews" <Bruce@xxxxxxxx>
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I believe it's a result of automation. Rather than having a human
transcribe your bill, it's put through a few macros that make it
readable. I do find this preferable, since my life is my business and I
don't need it mulled over by a lot of people at a transcribing agency.
I'd rather just take the bad braille in this instance, just so long as
it's readable.
Bruce
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:50:16 -0700, "Terri Pannett" <pann1@xxxxxxxxx>
said:
>
>
> Hi, Mike and List,
>
> If I knew who brailled the bills, I'd like to communicate with them
> directly
> about their mistakes.
>
> The bills were brailled by two different people or agencies. One was
> brailled on 8.5 by 11 paper embossed single-sided. It was in textbook
> format. They missed surrounding some of the the computereze with the
> codes.
> There was 20 pages of loose paper.
>
> The second bill was worse. It was brailled on 11 by 11.5 paper with
> braille
> page numbers at the bottom and no print page numbers were included. Some
> of
> the braille was contracted, some wasn't, and computer braille codes were
> omitted from web sites and email addresses. It was embossed on both
> sides
> of the paper and the seven sheets were stapled together too close to the
> braille making some of the dots on one page unreadable.
>
> There were probably more errors, but I'd better quit before I get into
> trouble with the moderator.
>
> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>
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