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Dear colleagues RNIB South West are again running our day-course entitled Transcription - Using a PC to provide blind and partially sighted people with accessible information. Course description An intermediate level course aimed at people with sight problems or those who work with people with sight problems. It is open to professionals and private individuals of all ages. It will be of particular interest to people working in employment, education, and community settings. This course will provide the opportunity to learn and practise the basic methods by which inaccessible information can be transcribed, using a personal computer, into formats that are accessible to blind and partially sighted people. Course content · What is an accessible format? · Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software · Producing clear print, large print, and Braille · DAISY digital audio format · Screen reading and screen magnification software and accessible documents · Hands-on experience - using specialist software and computers · Question and Answer session - bring along specific queries Course presenter: John Clarke, RNIB Technology Officer Date: Friday 2 November 2007 (was previously advertised for 26 October) Time: 9.30 am to 4.00 pm Venue: RNIB South West Cost: £130.00 per delegate - including a light lunch and refreshments. For more information and booking, please contact: Gina Large, RNIB South West, 10 Still House Lane, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EB Tel: 0117 953 7750 Fax: 0117 953 7751 Email: [log in to unmask] For information on further training and development opportunities, please visit our website via this link: www.rnib.org.uk/training -- DISCLAIMER: NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. RNIB endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RNIB. RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com