January 2026 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 portion is typically around 15 minutes long, and then there’s a few minutes for any questions. We want you to be able to learn some new tricks without having to take a lot of time out of your busy day!
We hope you’ll be able to join us live, but if you can’t, remember that we record all our webinars. Those recordings are housed in the archive, and are available to current NBA members. If you want to watch later, just sign in with your member account, navigate to the skills area you’re looking for, and hit play! If you’re not a member and want access to training videos, checkout this page for more info about membership.
Our live webinars and archived recordings have Closed Captioning available for those who would like it. Google Meet provides this for our live webinars and Vimeo provides this service for our hosted recordings. To turn on Closed Captioning, use the button in the tool bar with a “CC” in the square.
Braille Formats/Textbook
Examining a Text Prior to Transcription
Presenter: Chip Mize, Chair, Braille Formats/Textbook Committee
Date: Wednesday, January 21st at 10:00a ET
Description: Before beginning a transcription, a transcriber should carefully examine the text and prepare for a consistent structure and application of Braille Formats. This webinar explores determining the titles, running heads, heading structure, icon retention, and font attributes prior to the start of a transcription. The presentation also demonstrates how to use the table of contents and other elements to develop the heading hierarchy.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Computer-Assisted Transcription
Find (and Replace or Delete) Codes in Duxbury
Presenter: Kyle DeJute, Chair, Computer-Assisted Transcription Committee
Date: Thursday, January 22nd at 1:00p ET
Description: Codes (like “top” and “BodyText.” and many more) are foundational to the way Duxbury Braille Translator works. Do you know how to work with those codes using “Find” and “Replace”? After this webinar, you surely will.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Unified English Braille Technical
Diagrams
Presenter: James Williams, Chair, Unified English Braille Technical Committee
Date: Wednesday, January 28th at 2:30p Eastern
Description: We will explore section 4.4 of the UEB Guidelines for Technical Material (GTM), which addresses Diagrams. Topics will include line mode and labelling diagrams. This is the next webinar in the series exploring the GTM one small section at a time.
Skill Level: Beginner