Beginning Braille Transcription

Course Detail:

Begin your path toward a rewarding career as a Braille transcriber by learning to write and read the tactual language of the blind. You'll learn the history of Braille, and different ways of producing the Braille English alphabet, Braille numbers, Braille punctuation, and more. This course will prepare you well for participating in the vigorous and challenging Braille transcribing course offered by the Library of Congress.

Content:

Week One Wednesday - Lesson 01

Introduction to Braille

Friday - Lesson 02

Perky Duck Braille Software and Letters A-E

Week Two Wednesday - Lesson 03

Letters F-J and Capital Letters

Friday - Lesson 04

Numbers, Period, Comma, and Decimal Point

Week Three Wednesday - Lesson 05

Letters K-O, Hyphen, and Emphasizing Words

Friday - Lesson 06

Letters P-T and Money

Week Four Wednesday - Lesson 07

Letters U-Z, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, and Apostrophe

Friday - Lesson 08

Quotation Marks, Slash, Parentheses, Brackets, Colon, and Semicolon

Week Five Wednesday - Lesson 09

Accent Sign, Spacing, Paragraphing, and Alphabet Words

Friday - Lesson 10

Dash, Double Dash, and the Words 'And,' 'Of,' 'For,' 'The,' and 'With'

Week Six Wednesday - Lesson 11

Time, Dates, Telephone Numbers, Roman Numerals, and Additional Punctuation

Friday - Lesson 12

Mathematical Symbols, Measurement, Degrees, and Computer Braille Code