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1)
Who is Braille Transcription UK Ltd?
Braille Transcription UK Ltd is the brainchild of partners, Philip &
Judi Anderson. The company specializes in the conversion
of text to Braille, large print, e-text and audio text.
2)
What are our aims and objectives?
Our
main aim is to provide a professional and efficient service
for all our clients at a price they can afford.
Without
Braille, large print, the spoken word and other types of
accessible media, the visually impaired would be cut off
from a world of information, be it in education, employment
or leisure.
Therefore,
we want to ensure that material is made widely available
in as many formats to as many visually impaired people as
possible.
We
are constantly in close communication with small and large
companies, colleges and universities, organisations and
individual groups in an effort to raise their awareness
in such matters as ‘accessible information’
and what this means for them and their potential clients.
Even
though it took Louis Braille’s idea a number of years
to take off, the system as we know it today, has brought
endless benefits to the lives of countless thousands of
blind and visually impaired people. We here at Braille Transcription UK Ltd are no exception. We are determined, despite a move in
favour of today’s digital technology, to encourage
the use of Braille, large print and the spoken word in as
many areas as possible.
3)
How long does it take to produce a document in Braille,
large print, e-text and audio text?
How
long is a piece of string? We have to say that it all depends
on how big the document is in the first place. Furthermore,
not always is size an issue but rather the type of document
being transcribed; is it a set of charts and tables or is
it merely straight forward text?
Naturally,
plain text is easier and will invariably take less time
than charts and tables. If we are not particularly busy
then we generally estimate about 2-3 days for plain text
documents of not more than 20 pages and about a week to
10 days for charts and tables with the same amount of pages.
Of course, larger documents will take longer, but seeing
that we take great care with everything we transcribe, enlarge
and record, little can be gained by speed.
4) How much
do we charge?
Jobs
are priced individually according to size, format and other
technicalities, and as such, it is not possible to say here
exactly how much we would charge for a given document.
However,
research shows us to be very competitive on price and we
are way above average when it comes to customer service
and timescale. Indeed, appreciative feedback from our clients
on our presentation is testimony of our professional aims
and objectives.
5) What can
we transcribe?
If
it is available in print, then we like to say that we can
transcribe it into Braille. However, there are a few things
we do not transcribe: tactile maps, diagrams and technical
graphs, drawings and grids.
We
mainly concentrate on text documents, be it a book, magazine,
menu or manual.
Letters,
brochures and utility bills are part of our daily transcription
timetable. These are areas in which we feel we excel and
as such, we guarantee without any doubt to produce them
promptly and professionally in order that the client is
not kept waiting.
Finally,
may we say that companies planning to avail their literature
in various formats should set the wheels in motion at, or
as near to, the time they decide to produce them in print
so as to allow enough time for the material to be transcribed
and ready on the date of their text documents.
6) What is
the best way to submit documents to us for transcribing
and in what formats may these be sent?
The
cheapest way to send in documents is by e-mail or on computer
disk. You also save money on the transcription side of things
as we do not have to physically input the text into the
PC.
We
accept the following formats:
Word
for Windows; rich text/plain text; PDF and HTML.
In
order for us to provide you with an accurate quotation,
we strongly recommend that you send us samples of the documents
first. One might say that the document is 20 pages long,
but in reality it is only 15 when you deduct all the half
blank ones.
NB.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate
to contact us.
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