ABA online workshop – apostrophes and quotation marks – have you had time for review?

The Australian Braille Authority offered a series of online workshops.

The first workshop topic is “Quotes and apostrophes: using smart quotes in Word to ensure correct braille” and was conducted by Kathy Riessen.

The workshop was designed to be as hands-on as much as possible.

Update

The materials used for demonstration purposes in the workshop and the slides are now available from our Braille Transcription page. The workshop recording is available for viewing on YouTube.

Presenters

Kathy Riessen presented the workshop. A member of the ABA Executive, the Coordinator of Accessible Format Production at South Australian School for Vision Impaired (SASVI) and the newly appointed Chair of ICEB’s Unified English Braille Code Maintenance Committee, Kathy has 30 years of experience in braille transcription of literary material, mathematics, music and languages. She loves solving technical braille problems and has generously shared her know-how and solutions through numerous workshops. She was co-editor of the UEB Australian Training Manual, a member of the working group that produced ABA’s DBT Producer’s Manual, and has contributed to numerous other braille guidelines and references.

The workshop was hosted by Leona Holloway, ABA’s Correspondence Secretary and Australia’s representative to the International Council on English Braille.

Hattie Douglass moderated the workshop.

Notes on using Zoom

If you have not used Zoom before, please familiarise yourself with the mute/unmute and chat functions as there will be time for questions at the end of the workshop.

Some recommended resources on accessibility in Zoom: