About these guidelines
Compiled and edited by Leona Holloway (Vision Australia) following the initial drafting work of Robyn Carey (New South Wales Department of Education and Training), Maria Elford (Statewide Vision Resource Centre), Kate Randall (Vision Australia), Kathy Riessen (South Australia School for Vision Impaired), Christine Simpson (Information Alternatives) and Nicholas Wood (Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind).
The guidelines are available to download in various formats from the Round Table’s OneDrive account: Duxbury Braille translator producers manual (link opens in a new tab)
Acknowledgments
The members of the working group wish to thank their Employer Organisations as well as the following for their support and assistance in the production of this manual:
- Joe Sullivan, President of Duxbury Systems, for his carefully considered and detailed advice, and for making every endeavour to adjust DBT to suit the particular needs of UEB producers in Australia and New Zealand.
- George Bell, Managing Director of Techno-Vision Systems Ltd. and author of the DBT Help files, for his expertise and advice regarding the new features of DBT 11.
- Nadine Riches and Carmela Carey, for careful proofreading and editing.
- Josie Howse, for excerpts from the Unified English Braille Primer.
- BLENNZ (Blind and Low Vision Education Network New Zealand), for excerpts from the UEB Hitchhikers’ Guide.
- The Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Inc., for funding the working group’s teleconferences and face-to-face meeting.
- The Australian Braille Authority for sponsoring and supporting the project.
- Moira Clunie, for her assistance in the final editing stages.