[duxuser] Re: Article on Braille transcription focuses on NBP transcriber and Duxbury Systems
- From: "Sharon Hilton" <SHilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:41:57 -0600
This is a fairly well written article with good explanations, but, I
feel the author went wrong with the comment "Cronin takes text entered
on her computer, types in a command, and watches it instantly morph on
the screen into Braille code." This makes it sound like no skills or
training is involved! How will we ever get the lay person to recognize
braille transcribing as a true profession as long as they think there is
no brain matter involved?
Sharon Hilton
shilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Braille Transcriber/Inclusion Assistant
New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
>>> david@xxxxxxxxxx 09/11/06 10:07 AM >>>
With a perhaps "over the top" use of Harry Potter as a metaphor, there
was
a great article in yesterday's Boston Globe about braille
transcription.
Rarely does a short article explain braille transcription issues so
well.
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/09/10/lost_in_translations/>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/09/10/lost_in_translations/
By the way, I have checked Joe Sullivan's resume, and have confirmed
that
he has in fact never attended Hogwarts.
-- David Holladay
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