Resources to learn more about braille and accessibility
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- Free Training Courses for Braille Transcribers Working with NIMAS Files, Duxbury/NimPro: Textbook Transcription from Start to Finish
- Sign up with the NIMAC to join the quarterly Duxbury User Group webinars Stacy facilitates. In the field "Here is my question or comment:" ask to join the Duxbury User Group. We have lots of fun! There is also a Braille2000 User Group.
- Beyond Quests with Reck, talking about LitRPG Con and the accessibility of all the novels we love
- Duxbury Systems transcription software DBT, SWIFT, and QuickTac The BANA template is installed with DBT. The location on your Windows computer for Microsoft Word templates is C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates. Ensure "Hidden Items" is shown.
- DuxUser Discussion Group
- Braille code books are found on the BANA Braille Authority of North America website: Braille Formats, Crafts and Hobbies, Early Learning Materials, Languages Other Than English, Nemeth Code, Graphing Calculator Guidelines (UEB), Music Braille, and Tactile Graphics.
- Braille certification courses at NFB National Federation of the Blind
- Braille2000 transcription software
- Braille Blaster transcription software
- Tactile Macros for CorelDraw
- Editing Graphics for the Blind: A manual with examples, and for the interested layman a pictorial overview by Marco Schuffelen
- Get the Braille29 font in the ViewPlus Tiger Font Installer. This font supports UNICODE 2800 patterns.
Professional organizations, abbreviations, and definitions
- APH – American Printing House
- APH Hive & Access Academy
- BANA – Braille Authority of North America
- Sign up for Braille Refreshers
- BRF – Braille Ready File
- CTEBVI
- EBAE – English Braille American Edition (deprecated)
- eBraille
- ICEB – International Council on English Braille
- IPA – International Phonetic Alphabet
- NBA – National Braille Association
- NIMAC
- NIMAS – National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
- OCALI
- TGIL – Tactile Graphics Image Library
- UEB – Unified English Braille