[duxuser] Re: Braille Bills
- From: Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:12:59 -0400 (EDT)
In the case where a large utility company is producing many braille bills,
the company might purchase its own copy of braille translation software
and assign this task once a month to someone. That person will produce
braille which is only as good as the translation software can do when it
is unassisted. The other factor is that when a company hires somebody to
transcribe, they take on faith that the person or agency knows what they
are doing. In the case of the transcriber hired to braille the utility
bills for the electric company in New York, they made a very poor choice
but how could they know better?
As more and more braille is produced by non-transcribers, we will see more
and more of this kind of thing. If the braille is a complete mess, I
suggest getting in touch with the particular utility and locating the
person responsible for these types of special needs. They will be able to
tell you who was hired to do the braille.
Catherine
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