[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sample Book I Want Image Descriptions For

  • From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:36:04 -0600

There is good stuff out there, but there are still errors o' plenty to look out 
for. I proofread for the Iowa Dept. for the Blind and there are fascinating 
errors abounding, though they have gradually improved.

Cindy

On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:19 AM, Homme, James wrote:

> Hi Cindy,
> Yes. Even if someone uses translation software, the software sometimes misses 
> things. I haven't used the newest versions of such software. I hope things 
> are better than they were when I was playing around with this stuff.
> 
> Jim
> 
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> Many of the people doing embossing are not doing as good as they could 
> because they aren't up to speed on Braille format and new Braille rules. I 
> have had a business and tried to keep up, b ut I know not all do. Mostly they 
> do literary Braille because they can't readily do anything else; music 
> Braille is hard to do unless you have the software to do it. A transcriber 
> who knows Braille music can do it with the Braille software such as Duxbury 
> or Braille 2000, and of course there is  Braille Music software but it is 
> expensive.
> 
> Braille transcription as we know it may be a dying art, but in this state all 
> have switched to using the computer for it. Braille itself is probably not 
> dying, especially if those of us who use it continue to push for it not to be 
> because people need to know how to read. Transcription will come down to 
> being done in software such as Word, just as an example, and then translated. 
> That will mean proofreading will become even more important. JMHO.
> 
> Cindy
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