[Menvi-discuss] Recently Certified Braille Transcriber Seeking Advice

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Welcome back, Jessica.  Its been a long time.  Glad to see you aboard 
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On 10/15/2024 13:32, Richard Taesch via Menvi-discuss wrote:
> Welcome back, Jessica!
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> /             - *"Summer's Memory" - The Autumn Sequel - 2023*/
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> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:46 AM Jessica Callahan via Menvi-discuss 
> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org <mailto: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!
> 
>     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.
> 
>     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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