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Visual Braille Bootcamp

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Presented at 9:00am in Cotton Creek II on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.

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Speaker(s)

  • Christa Miller

Session Details

  • Length of Session: 5-6-hr
  • Format: Lab
  • Expertise Level: Beginner
  • Type of session: Pre-conference

Summary

If you have always wanted to learn Braille or want to better support Braille readers at your institution, this is for you. Even though Braille wasn't meant to be used visually, there are many tips and tricks to learning Braille visually. This pre-conference workshop will teach participants the foundation of Literary Braille and Nemeth Braille.

Abstract

Braille readers in college--especially in science, technology, engineering, math, health majors--are a relatively small group but with recent improvements in Braille technologies has come a small increase in enrollments by Braille readers.

This pre-conference workshop is for those who would like to be better prepared to support a Braille reader and those who are just curious. Participants will learn how to: read and write grade one (uncontracted) Braille, write grade two (contracted) Braille with software assistance, write elementary Nemeth code Braille (for math and science), and identify significant differences between the UEB code and previous EBAE code.

Using a small group, cooperative approach by the end of the day participants will be able to: explain the creation of the Braille code, read and write the braille alphabet, recognize grade two braille signs, use a grade two braille cheat sheet, write simple Nemeth Braille expressions, and use a Nemeth cheat sheet.

Keypoints

  1. Explain the fundamental differences between contracted Braille and Unified English Braille
  2. Use uncontracted Braille to transcribe short written passages
  3. Learn the structure that Nemeth Braille relies on to communicate math and science

Disability Areas

Vision

Topic Areas

Alternate Format, Assistive Technology, Uncategorized

Speaker Bio(s)

Christa Miller

Christa H. Miller is an accessibility professional, engineer, and educator whose work connects technical implementation with disability inclusion and civil rights compliance. She serves as co-chair of the Accessing Higher Ground conference planning committee and is a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC). She currently works as an accessibility analyst at Virginia Tech, where she evaluates websites, web applications, software, and documents; reviews vendor accessibility conformance reports; and collaborates with stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and remediate accessibility barriers.

Christa holds a master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering, with a concentration in Human Factors, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her engineering background leads her to rely on a practical, systems-oriented approach to accessibility. She considers both if a product meets technical standards and how accessibility is incorporated into the larger system (i.e., institutional processes, procurement, instructional practices, content creation, and ongoing maintenance).

Handout(s)

Braille Bootcamp Participant Manual Braille Bootcamp Trainer Manual