I was going to take the transcriber's course. They have lightened up a bit
on the course in recognition of the ability to utilize computer equipment
etc. I wouldn't take any course like that unless I could input my material
with my BN. The margin could be set to 38 spaces, later changed to 40
space lines. I also believe they are relaxing the hypenated words in the
transcribers course since computers and notetakers can rap lines so
nicely! I'm sure the proof reading course will still be a dandy but I'd
input my material electronically so if it were lost in the mail, I'd simply
emboss it again and send it off! If they don't like my terms, I wouldn't
take the course. I was told that they relaxed a few things in the
transcriber's course.
Jim Aldrich
At 06:48 PM 11/11/2004 , you wrote:
Hi,
The transcriber's course has 20 lessons. It starts at the beginning with
grade I braille. All of the braille rules must be followed exactly. If you
make more than 3 mistakes, you must do the lesson again. You must have the
exact cells per line, at first, it's 38 and then it changes to 40. If you
are brailling with a Perkins brailler or board slate and stylus, no erasures
are allowed. Every cell possible in a line is to be used, so you must
hyphenate words and know when and where to hyphenate. If you use a PC and
embosser, the lesson must be embossed correctly or you do it over. Your
lessons will get lost in the mail, so when you hear nothing from your
teacher, you must find out what happened to it. If the lesson never
arrived, you must do it again.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
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