| Description | Interview with operators at the Scottish braille press who discuss computers that reproduce braille, explain contractions of braille symbols and the operation of stereotyping printing machines, and methods used for making corrections. They discuss the salaries of braille transcribers, paid at the rates of people doing corresponding jobs in the printing trade, and the lower wages paid to female transcribers (tracks 1-3).
Track 4: sound effects of an operator setting braille type for words dictated by another operator 3.51 mins
Braille press operators continue to discuss the variety of skills necessary for a transcriber, their expected hourly output, the braille transcribing machines used at the press and the high costs of setting up the press for fairly low print runs. They talk about different braille machines available, the standard form of English braille and the slight variations in braille used in America, differences in contractions when transcribing foreign languages and the development of 'blind esperanto' (tracks 5-7).
Track 8: sound effects of an operator setting braille type for French words dictated by another, and discussion of the knowledge of contractions of French words transcribed into braille for a school textbooks 3.47 mins
Braille press operators continue to talk about the prejudice displayed to people with disabilities, their experiences of working in pairs and the need to be temperamentally suited to workmates, the skills necessary for readers who dictate texts to press operators, the layout of braille books and the standard size of braille type (tracks 9-11).
Total: 32.50 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0997480 |