Become a Braille Textbook Transcriber
Help Blind Students Achieve their Dreams through Literacy and Education
- Download this flyer in color (right-click and select "Save Target As").
- Download this flyer in black and white (right-click and select "Save Target As").
- Download this flyer as a braille-ready file (right-click and select "Save Target As").
Braille Textbook Transcribers meet a critical and growing need. Students who are blind or have vision loss currently wait months for brailled materials, sometimes to never receive them at all, signicantly hindering their progress in school. As a Braille Textbook Transcriber, you can offer these students the opportunity to access an education that is equal to that of their sighted peers by brailling the books and materials they need in a timely manner. The Braille Textbook Transcriber curriculum—offered exclusively through Northwest Vista College—will provide graduates the ability to:
- read and write braille
- transcribe and proofread braille
- format textbooks and other educational materials in braille
- produce basic tactile graphics
- understand braille production
- create a Web site and e-portfolio
- write a business plan and marketing materials
With a business plan, marketing materials and an electronic portfolio, you can immediately begin work as a transcriber. Coursework for the Braille Textbook Transcriber curriculum is completed online, so you can pursue this new andexciting opportunity from any locationwith Internet access. Embark on a rewarding lifelong career and in turn, help the thousands of students who are blind or have vision loss achieve their dreams through literacy and education.
Today, the United States needs at least 380 new Braille Textbook Transcribers. By 2012, that number will rise to an additional 1,020.
For more information on this rewarding career opportunity, visit www.accd.edu/nvc/areas/braille.
Northwest Vista College would like to thank our partners for making this rewarding opportunity a reality: Verizon Communications, Erik Weihenmayer, American Foundation for the Blind with the AFB Textbooks and Instructional Materials Solutions Forum and National Literacy Center, National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities and the Texas Education Agency. For more information about our partners, visit:
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