[Menvi-discuss] Recently Certified Braille Transcriber Seeking Advice

[Chela Robles]

Try to go for volunteer opportunities. I’m right now volunteering for a library network. The job that I applied for originally told me that they require two years under certification worth of experience volunteering prior to actually obtaining the job. Good luck. I got certified this year last month. I received my certificate.
Chela Robles — Certified Literary Braille Transcriber

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> On Oct 15, 2024, at 10:45 AM, Jessica Callahan via Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:
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> My name is Jessica Callahan. I have been a member of MENVI for the past thirty years or so, but I don’t recall ever participating in a discussion. That time is now over! Here I am!
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> I’ve been totally blind since birth, and started learning Braille music, piano, and voice around age nine.
> A few years later, I started writing and recording music, and have since recorded and released several albums.
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> A move to Houston, TX, from my hometown near Los Angeles, CA, in 2011 had me searching for alternative possibilities for a career. I’d landed a job playing and singing at a restaurant but I knew it wasn’t going to last forever.
> I began casually taking NFB’s certification course in Braille transcribing, not completely knowing what to expect. At the time, I had no education on the existence of translation software such as Duxbury, and the person grading my course didn’t clue me in, so a majority of it was completed on a manual Braille writer.
> I am happy to say I am now a fully certified literary Braille transcriber. I am wondering if my fellow transcribers could pass along any advice on obtaining transcription work? If there are any other blind transcribers, can you share your methods for getting accurate information from print material? I have ideas on how to do these things, but would love to hear from all of you!
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