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I am wanting to start my own business wear I would emboss braille books for people to by. I want to have it wear people can call or e-mail me the name of the book and their infermation so I could emboss it for them and send it to them. I thought that I could do local restronts menues as well. If some one has the book already in prent then they could e-mail it to me or mail it to me and I would get it in braille for them. If I am able to do this, would anyone think that it would work. Meaning, if I did would anyone here get a book threw me? Not asking for you to do it, just want to know how well it woulr work out if I decided to try it out. I haven't quite have the cost figured out but I would try to make it cheep. Like if I could I would do something like ten dollars per every hundred pages or something, or vollume. Any sedgestions or ideas?
I think this would be a good idea. Do you already have an embosser, or would you need to pay for equipment?? I also think the restaurant menu thing sounds good, because here in England, there are only a few places that have them.
its a good idea. If you would be bored by the monotony of the task of embossing.
It will work fine if you have a Good Embosser. You will also need to proof read all the printed documents to make sure it doesn't have errors. Of course you can always hire someone to proof read for you etc..but yeh..you can give it a shot...
- Raj
prooth reading would be the only thing, but I would have to get evferything witch could be a problem. But am goign to start checking in to it today. Hope it works, and hope I can get the aquipment.
I'm actually taking the literary braille transcription course from the NLS (National Library Service) and will become certified in about a year, since that's how long it takes. I already know braille, but the certification couldn't hurt. It means more money and a better idea of formatting conventions etc. The course is free and can be found here.
http://www.loc.gov/nls/bds/courses/translitinfo.html
For sure, definitely get certified, as mentioned above. I'd also suggest you charge more, while still keeping competitive prices, but just so that it makes all the effort worth while. It's a bit expensive to get the equipment, and it's great, but proofreading is still a bear. Anyway, dig your idea, good luck.