[duxuser] Re: Article on Braille transcription focuses on NBPtranscriber and Duxbury Systems
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:51:27 +0100
Just put it down to typical sensational journalism! They
obviously came in at the Ctrl + t point, which is pretty
impressive to someone who doesn't know what really happens.
(Smile)
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon
Hilton
Sent: 11 September 2006 16:42
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Article on Braille transcription
focuses on NBPtranscriber and Duxbury Systems
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_i
n_translations/>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/20
06/09/10/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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