July 2025 Webinars
This schedule is a corrected one from the schedule that was sent on July 7th.
Join us this month for 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
Braille Page Change and Blank Lines
Presenter: Michael Gunner, Chair, Braille Formats/Textbook Committee
Date: Wednesday, July 23rd at 1:00p ET
Description: This webinar will clarify where to place the blank line when the rules require a blank line following text, and the text ends on line 24 or 25. We will also address where to place the blank line when the rules require a blank line before text, and there is text on lines 24 or 25 of the previous page.
Skill Level: Beginner
Unified English Braille Technical
Tally Marks
Presenter: Kyle DeJute, Chair, Unified English Braille Technical Committee
Date: Thursday, July 24th at 1:00p ET
Description: We will explore section 4.2 of the UEB Guidelines for Technical Material (GTM), which addresses “tally marks” (sometimes called hash marks … and possibly “herringbones”). You might ask, “How do I braille the diagonal slash over a group of tally marks?” and we have an answer! You might also ask, “Do I need grade 1 indicators?” and we have an answer! Join us and “chalk up” another good training experience. This is the thirtieth webinar in a series examining the GTM one small piece at a time.
Skill Level: Beginner
World Languages Braille
Page Numbers In English And Non-English Languages
Presenter: Anna Werner, Chair, World Languages Braille Committee
Date: Monday, July 28th at 12:00p ET
Description: What do we do if the page numbers in a book aren’t in English? This webinar will look at numeric and alphabetic page numbers, both in English and in non-English languages. Examples will be shown in multiple languages.
Skill Level: Beginner