Posts by Chris Clemens
Register Now For The 2025 Professional Development Conference
Each fall, the National Braille Association produces a three-day professional development conference for braille transcribers, teachers of the visually impaired, and others involved in the preparation of braille. The event attracts people from all over North America for a rigorous series of workshops. This year marks the 80th anniversary of our founding as an organization.…
Read MoreMay 2025 Webinars
Join us this month for these two free webinars! These webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you have an internet connection, you can click the join link below each description a few minutes before start time, and you’re in! These are intended to run short, so the content…
Read MoreBULLETIN: Vol. 61, No. 1 – Spring 2025
The Spring 2025 BULLETIN: Vol. 61, No. 1 is now available for current NBA Members to download right from our website! Once you’re logged in, navigate to the “My Account” using the link at the very top of your screen. Then you’ll find a link to the Bulletin page. Both PDF and BRF files are…
Read MoreApril 2025 Webinars
Join us this month for these three free webinars! These webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you have an internet connection, you can click the join link below each description a few minutes before start time, and you’re in! These are intended to run short, so the content…
Read MorePlan Your Trip To The 2025 Fall Professional Development Conference
At the National Braille Association, we understand that many professionals require advance approval to attend our conferences, often well before registration opens. This process requires detailed information about the event’s location and associated costs. However, aligning these approval deadlines with conference registration timelines can be challenging. This can unfortunately prevent some professionals from participating in…
Read MoreVirtual Training: Nemeth Code Update
Join us in May for an in-depth training on the Nemeth Code Update that you’ll be able to attend from anywhere in the world! After our full-day training in Colorado Springs on this topic last fall proved to be popular, we’ve made some moves to make the training available online so anyone can attend from…
Read More*UPDATED* March 2025 Webinars
Some of the links in the previously published schedule for the March webinars were not working correctly. We discovered the problem during the Tactile Graphics webinar when some folks were not able to login. All of the links in the following schedule have been updated. For the rest of March, please use this schedule to…
Read MoreFebruary 2025 Webinars
Join us this month for these three free webinars! These webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you have an internet connection, you can click the join link below each description a few minutes before start time, and you’re in! These are intended to run short, so the content…
Read MoreBULLETIN: Vol. 60, No. 4 – Winter 2024
The Winter 2024 BULLETIN: Vol. 60, No. 4 is now available for current NBA Members to download right from our website! Once you’re logged in, navigate to the “My Account” using the link at the very top of your screen. Then you’ll find a link to the Bulletin page. Both PDF and BRF files are…
Read MoreNew System Makes Guitar Tablature Accessible for Blind and Visually Impaired Musicians
A new system for transcribing guitar tablature into braille has been developed, offering accessibility for blind and visually impaired musicians. Developed by Luke Owens and Stephanie Pieck, the system provides a standardized and efficient method for translating a previously inaccessible notation into a format that can be easily read and understood by braille users. This…
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