Hi Ray, A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, probably including you, but if you present DBT with a well prepared Word document, you are probably 95% of the way there - and without knowing more than the basics of braille and DBT. But of course, as is usual, money can be found for training one person in how to use DBT, and correct all the mess ups untrained Word users make, but nobody can find 10 minutes to show a group of Word users a few tricks which will make everyone's life easier. I could write a book on how not to use word, to cause the maximum chaos in a braille document. Indeed I wish I had the time to be able to go into an organisation, spend 2 hours, at no cost to the organisation, just looking at how word processing is done. My bet is that I could offer training, which would save at least 5 times what I charged. But alas, all I can say is that with your stated credentials, I'm sure you know this already. George Bell. -----Original Message----- From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray E. Campbell, DCIL Sent: 22 April 2003 17:44 To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi All: I am currently working for a Center for Independent Living here in DuPage County, Illinois. We have a Juliet Pro Braille Embosser and run DBT. As an expert Braille reader and technology guru, I've learned how to use DBT to produce some Braille materials for our center such as newsletters and flyers. Here is where I need help. I would like to know of successful strategies any of you have used to teach other staff who are not familiar with Braille how to format Braille. I don't want the staff here to always depend on me to do their Braille for them. In particular, our Deaf Services Coordinator has a consumer who is deafblind and she needs to be able to generate information in Braille for her. Currently, if I am not available to do it, she has to wait for me to run the Braille for her. What works as strategies for training sighted staff to run materials in Braille? Are there people in the Chicago area that any of you know of who could come in and give our staff an in-service on how to produce Braille? Are there good handbooks and materials we could obtain for our staff to help them understand how to format things in Braille using DBT? Any help or ideas any of you have will be appreciated. Ray Campbell, Independent Living Skills Coordinator, Visual Services DuPage Center for Independent Living 630-469-2300 (V), 630-469-2606 (F) raydcil@xxxxxxx * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * * * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *