Whats next for braille transcribers?
The following reading is a summarization of some of the answers to those and other questions. I am grateful to the following individuals for their time, talents, and patience: • Mary Klattehoff: Chairperson, Metrolina Association for the Blind, Charlotte, NC, braille transcriber and consumer, transcriber instructor and supervisor of paid/volunteer braillists • Helen Hickling: experienced transcriber and teacher, Blue Ridge Braillers, Asheville, NC • Alice Price: 30-year volunteer, works at home, no affiliation with transcribers guilds or other groups, • Dolores Ferrara-Godzieba: Chairperson, Associated Services for the Blind, Philadelphia, PA, experienced transcriber and coordinator of volunteer transcribers • Sheila Simmons: Chairperson, West Virginia Braille Program, Huttonsville Correctional Center Huttonsville, WV, coordinator of inmate braille transcriber program I personally came away from this experience with a renewed sense of awe for the folks who have devoted many years of th
