WEBINARS ARCHIVE

We believe training should be available to those who need it, and we know not everyone can afford to travel for conferences. In recent years, the National Braille Association has been providing online training to braille transcribers and teachers of the visually impaired who want to learn from the comfort of their home or office.

The majority of our webinars are free and open to the public. A few times each month we conduct webinars on an array of topics that last only about 15 minutes each. All the webinars are recorded, and while live attendance is open to the public, current NBA members have full access to the archive of all the free webinars we’ve ever offered.

Paid Replays

The replay videos for the webinars in this section require a purchase. They range in duration from an hour-and-a-half to two-hours. To watch the paid webinar replays, click the link of the title you’re interested in, and you’ll be taken to Vimeo, where the video is hosted. From there, you can set up an account and purchase the webinar replay video with a credit card. You’ll only need to set up an account once, and the video can be downloaded, or streamed as many times as you’d like.

New BANA Guidelines for Early Educational Materials - UEB Literary [Tuesday, March 23, 2021]

UEB Provisional Guidance Walkthrough - UEB Technical [Thursday, December 12, 2019]

Nemeth Within UEB Contexts - Nemeth Code for Math and Science [Tuesday, April 23, 2019]

It’s Complicated - Braille Formats/Textbook [Friday, January 25, 2019]

Testing Our Patience - Nemeth Code for Math and Science [Tuesday, November 13, 2018]

Braille2000 From a Transcriber’s Perspective - Computer Assisted Transcription [Wednesday, November 15, 2017]

Training Videos

The videos listed in this section are all replays of free webinars that we’ve hosted. The replay of these trainings is available only to current NBA members to stream.

To view the archive for each section, click the title of the section you’d like to view. Within the list of available videos, you'll find a link that will take you to the archive of videos within that discipline.

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2024

Misfit Rules EXPOSED! [Wednesday, January 24, 2024]

2023

Tables In Stairstep Format [Friday, October 27, 2023]
Displayed Material In Grammar Textbooks [Thursday, June 13, 2023]
When Directives May Lead a Transcriber Astray [Wednesday, April 19, 2023]
Demystifying Spreadsheets [Tuesday, February 21, 2023]

2022

Reviewing Line-Numbered Text [Tuesday, October 18, 2022]
Wide Tables [Friday, July 15,  2022]
Spelling II [Friday, April 1, 2022]
Glossaries [Friday, January 21, 2022]

2021

Poetry [Friday, October 1, 2021]
Sidebars [Friday, September 3, 2021]
Displayed Material [Friday, August 6, 2021]
T-Pages, Part 2 [Friday, June 4, 2021]
T-Pages, Part 1 [Friday, May 7, 2021]
Lists [Friday, April 2, 2021]
Headings [Friday, March 5, 2021]
Spelling Activities [Friday, January 8, 2021]

2020

Graphic Novels, Marching Together [Friday, October 2, 2020]
Exercising Is Never Easy! [Friday, August 7, 2020]
Boxes And All They Contain [Friday, June 5, 2020]
Emphasis: To Keep Or Not To Keep – That Is The Question [Friday, May 8, 2020]
A Look At Icons [Friday, April 3, 2020]
Title Pages [Friday, March 6, 2020]
Basic Formats Found in Section 1 [Friday, February 7, 2020]
Pronunciation Keys [Friday, January 10, 2020]

2019

Edited Text [Friday, December 6, 2019]
Notes [Friday, October 11, 2019]
Cartoons [Friday, September 6, 2019]
Wide Tables [Friday, August 2, 2019]
An Exercise In Exercise Materials [Friday, July 12, 2019]
Timelines [Friday, May 3, 2019]
Emphasis [Friday, April 5, 2019]
Transcribing Title Pages [Friday, March 1, 2019]
Material on Facing Pages [Friday, February 1, 2019]
Alphabetic References [Friday, January 4, 2019]

2018

Pronunciation [Friday, November 2, 2018]
Puzzles [Friday, October 5, 2018]
Grammar Activities [Friday, September 7, 2018]
Spelling Activities [Friday, July 13, 2018]
Footnotes [Friday, June 1, 2018]
Line-Numbered Material [Friday, May 11, 2018]
Plays [Friday, April 6, 2018]
Poetry [Friday, March 2, 2018]
Sidebars [Friday, February 2, 2018]
Tables [Friday, January 5, 2018]

2017

Exercise Material [Friday, December 1, 2017]
Displayed Material [Friday, November 10, 2017]
Section 8 – Lists [Friday, October 6, 2017]
Boxes and Blank Lines [Friday, September 8, 2017]
Illustrations [Friday, August 4, 2017]
Emphasis [Friday, July 7, 2017]
Section 4 – Headings [Friday, June 2, 2017]
Let’s Look at T Pages! [Friday, May 5, 2017]
Table of Contents [Friday, April 7, 2017]
Print Page Numbers [Friday, January 21, 2017]

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2023

Back Translating a Braille Document into a Print Document Using Duxbury [Wednesday, December 13, 2023]
Using Duxbury's Learning Tables Feature [Wednesday, September 20, 2023]
BrailleBlaster 2.1: Getting Ready For eBRF [Thursday, June 8, 2023]
What's An eBRF and Why Should I Care? [Monday, March 6, 2023]

2022

How To Use Duxbury’s Help Menu [Wednesday, December 14, 2022]
ABBYY Quickscan OCR for Braille 2000 [Wednesday, September 28, 2022]
Breakthroughs in Expanding the Distribution of Multi-use Content for Tactile Graphics with Braille [Thursday, June 23, 2022]
What's Different In BrailleBlaster V2 [Thursday, March 24, 2022]

2021

Tables In Duxbury [Wednesday, September 22, 2021]
Changes in BrailleBlaster V2 and Discussion [Wednesday, June 23, 2021]
Preparing Documents for Duxbury Using Microsoft Word Styles and Shortcuts [Tuesday, March 30, 2021]

2020

Auto-generate Special Symbols Page in Braille2000V2, Part 2 [Tuesday, December 8, 2020]
Translation Tricks [Tuesday, October 6, 2020]
Auto-generate Special Symbols Page in Braille2000V2, Part 1 [Thursday, June 11, 2020]

2019

BrailleBlaster - In Depth [Tuesday, August 20, 2019]
BrailleBlaster - Page Basics [Wednesday, June 19, 2019]
Proofreading - A PDF Way [Thursday, April 25, 2019]

2018

BrailleBlaster – Math Features and New Document Types [Wednesday, November 28, 2018]
Tips for Applying Texture and Line Width to Tactile Graphics within CorelDraw [Tuesday, June 26, 2018]
Getting Started With BrailleBlaster [Tuesday, June 19, 2018]
CorelDRAW 2017 Macro Installation [Wednesday, January 31, 2018]

2017

Page Setups in Swift [Tuesday, November 21, 2017]
Tactile Graphics Macro Demonstration [Monday, June 26, 2017]
DBT Math Codes: Which One Do I Use? [Friday, May 26, 2017]

2016

Time Saving Features in Braille2000 [Friday, December 2, 2016]

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2023

Overview of BANA’s Guidelines for Braille Transcription of Languages Other Than English [Tuesday, October 10, 2023]
IPA Braille Code [Friday, July 21, 2023]
Latin and Ancient Greek Braille [Wednesday, April 26, 2023]

2022

Foreign Languages in Music Textbooks [Wednesday, October 19, 2022]
Preliminary Pages of Foreign Language Transcriptions [Wednesday, July 27, 2022]
Transcribing Hebrew Materials [Wednesday, April 27, 2022]

2021

Alphabetic References in Foreign Language Materials [October 27, 2021]
Transcribing French Materials [July 20, 2021]
Transcribing Italian Materials [April 28, 2021]

2020

Transcribing German Materials [October 28, 2020]
Transcribing Spanish Materials [July 22, 2020]
Who's Afraid Of Foreign Language Braille [April 29, 2020]
Overview of Provisional Guidance for Transcribing Foreign Language Materials in UEB [January 8, 2020]

2018

Foreign Language Vocabulary/Word Lists [Thursday, July 26, 2018]

2017

Finding the Correct Symbols for Accented Characters [Thursday, December 14, 2017]
Multi-line Brackets in Foreign Text [Friday, April 28, 2017]

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2024

All About Dot 3 [Monday, February 12, 2024]

2023

Approaching Choral Music [Monday, November 13, 2023]
Grouping Of Notes [Monday, August 21, 2023]
Instrumental Fingering Charts [Monday, May 22, 2023]
Unconventional Notation [Monday, February 13, 2023]

2022

Slurs In Vocal Music [Monday, August 8, 2022]
Music Drama [Monday, May 9, 2022]
Choral Ensembles [Monday, April 11, 2022]
Chord Symbols with Lyrics, Part 2 [Monday, March 7, 2022]
Chord Symbols with Lyrics, Part 1 [Monday, February 7, 2022]
Vocal Music, Part 3 [Monday, January 10, 2022]

2021

Vocal Music, Part 2 [Monday, December 13, 2021]
Vocal Music, Part 1 [Monday, November 15, 2021]
Percussion [Monday, October 18, 2021]
Instrumental Ensemble Scores, Part 2 [Monday, September 13, 2021]
Instrumental Ensemble Scores, Part 1 [Monday, August 16, 2021]
Accordions [Monday, July 12, 2021]
Harp Music [Monday, June 14, 2021]
Figured Bass, Part 2 [Monday, May 17, 2021]
Figured Bass, Part 1 [Monday, April 12, 2021]
Keyboard Instruments, Part 5 [Monday, March 15, 2021]
Keyboard Instruments, Part 4 [Monday, February 8, 2021]
Keyboard Instruments, Part 3 [Monday, January 11, 2021]

2020

Keyboard Instruments, Part 2 [Monday, December 14, 2020]
Keyboard Instruments, Part 1 [Monday, October 19, 2020]
Instrumental Bar-Over-Bar Format [Monday, September 14, 2020]
Instrumental Lead Sheets [Monday, August 10, 2020]
Fretted Plucked String Instruments, Part 2 [Monday, July 13, 2020]
Fretted Plucked String Instruments, Part 1 [Monday, June 15, 2020]
Bowed String Instruments [Monday, May 18, 2020]
Instrumental Solos and Ensemble Parts [Monday, April 13, 2020]
General Procedures and Signs, Part 3 [Monday, March 9, 2020]
General Procedures and Signs, Part 2 [Monday, February 10, 2020]
General Procedures and Signs, Part 1 [Monday, January 13, 2020]

2019

Chord Symbols [Monday, December 9, 2019]
Nuances and Verbal Expressions, Part 2 [Monday, November 18, 2019]
Nuances and Verbal Expressions, Part 1 [Monday, October 21, 2019]
Annotations and Variants [Monday, September 16, 2019]
Braille Numeral Repeats [Monday, August 12, 2019]
Braille Full and Part Measure Repeats, Part 2 [Monday, June 10, 2019]
Braille Full and Part Measure Repeats, Part 1 [Monday, May 13, 2019]
Print Repeats [Monday, April 15, 2019]
Ornaments, Part 2 [Monday, March 11, 2019]
Ornaments, Part 1 [Monday, February 11, 2019]
Fingerings and Tremolos [Monday, January 14, 2019]

2018

The Slur, Part 2 [Monday, December 10, 2018]
The Slur, Part 1 [Monday, November 12, 2018]
Stem Signs [Monday, October 15, 2018]
In-Accord and Measure-Division Signs [Monday, September 10, 2018]
The Tie [Monday, August 6, 2018]
Intervals, Part 2 [Monday, July 16, 2018]
Intervals, Part 1 [Monday, June 11, 2018]
Braille Grouping of Notes, Part 2 [Monday, May 7, 2018]
Braille Grouping of Notes, Part 1 [Monday, April 16, 2018]
Meter Indications and Time Devices [Monday, March 12, 2018]
Accidentals and Key Signatures [Monday, January 8, 2018]

2017

Rest Signs [Monday, December 11, 2017]
Clef Signs [Monday, November 13, 2017]
Where, Oh Where is My Middle C? [Monday, October 2, 2017]
Notes and Note Values [Monday, September 11, 2017]

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2024

Code Switching With Spatial Math [Tuesday, February 6, 2024]

2023

Code Switching with Displayed Math [Tuesday, December 12, 2023]
Placement Of Code Switch Indicators In Embedded Material [Tuesday, October 3, 2023]
Probability Notation and the Nemeth Code [Wednesday, August 23, 2023]
A New Way To Look At Runovers [Friday, June 23, 2023]
Nemeth Spatial Arrangements – Back To The Basics [Thursday, April 27, 2023]
What To Do With Author's Comments [Wednesday, February 15, 2023]

2022

Modified Expressions [Thursday, December 15, 2022]
Math + Words = ? [Wednesday, August 24, 2022]
Glossaries In Math Books [Friday, July 8, 2022]
The Usual Spatials [Friday, April 29, 2022]
Dividing Expressions [Thursday, February 24, 2022]

2021

Arrows, Part 2 [Thursday, October 27, 2021]
Fractions – Simple to Hypercomplex [Thursday, August 26, 2021]
The Placement Of Nemeth Code Switch Indicators [Thursday, June 10, 2021]
Arrows [Thursday, April 22, 2021]
Superscripts and Subscripts, Part 2 [Thursday, February 4, 2021]

2020

Superscripts and Subscripts, Part 1 [Thursday, December 3, 2020]
The Minus Symbol [Thursday, October 1, 2020]
The Numeric Indicator, Part 2 [Thursday, August 6, 2020]
The Numeric Indicator, Part 1 [Thursday, June 4, 2020]
Code Switching Basics and Signs of Omission [Thursday, April 2, 2020]
Formatting Examples from the Guidance [Thursday, February 27, 2020]

2019

A Summary of Spatial Problems in Nemeth Code [Tuesday, March 26, 2019]

2018

Nemeth Code For Fractions, An Overview [Thursday, March 22, 2018]

2017

Update to the Guidance for Transcription Using Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts. What Has Changed? [Thursday, July 20, 2017]

2016

Calculators and Computer Keys – Click Away! [Friday, July 8, 2016]

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2024

A Day In the Life of a Prison Braille Transcriber [Monday, March 18, 2024]

2023

Acquiring a Social Security Card and the Benefits the Card Provides [Thursday, November 16, 2023]
Invoices (Wednesday, March 8, 2023]

2022

Communicating For Success [Monday, November 21, 2022]
How To Write A Cover Letter [Thursday, June 9, 2022]
Resume Writing Tips [Tuesday, March 8, 2022]

2021

Logo To Legacy: Building A Brand [Tuesday, November 23, 2021]
Certifications For Professional Success [Thursday, June 24, 2021]
How To Start A Prison Braille Program [Monday, March 1, 2021]

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2024

GSTG 2022: Unit 1, Criteria for Including a Tactile Graphic [Tuesday, March 5, 2024]

2023

Back to First Principles! GSTG 2010: Introduction, Background & Mandate [Tuesday, December 5, 2023]
Simplifying Maps [Tuesday, August 29, 2023]
Measurements [Thursday, March 23, 2023]

2022

Reproducing Complex Diagrams [Thursday, May 26, 2022]

2021

Oh My... Where Do I Put This Key? [Friday, August 27, 2021]
Applying Textures to Graphs in CorelDraw [Tuesday, May 18, 2021]

2020

Importing Braille Files Into CorelDRAW [Tuesday, August 18, 2020]
Creating a Tactile-Ready Microsoft Word Document [Tuesday, May 19, 2020]
When To Produce A Tactile Graphic [Tuesday, February 18, 2020]

2019

Basic Scientific Graphics [Tuesday, December 17, 2019]
Intro to APH Tactile Graphics Image Library [Tuesday, November 12, 2019]
Complex Diagrams [Thursday, May 16, 2019]
Navigating the Production of Maps [Thursday, January 31, 2019]

2018

Picture-Perfect TG’s [Tuesday, October 30, 2018]

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2024

Establishing Expectations With Classroom Teachers [Friday, February 16, 2024]

2023

Breaking Boundaries: Braille On Demand [Monday, October 30, 2023]
Introduction To The BrailleBuzz [Wednesday, May 17, 2023]
Qualifying for Quota Funding [Tuesday, February 14, 2023]

2022

Procurement Procedures and Practices [Tuesday, May 24, 2022]
Large Print & Braille Macros for Productivity [Wednesday, February 16, 2022]

2021

Engaging Students [Tuesday, October 26, 2021]
A Pathway To Independence [Tuesday, May 25, 2021]
Group Activities To Engage Your Students [Thursday, January 28, 2021]

2020

Transcriber Hack #401 – Transforming Protected PDFs [Monday, October 26, 2020]
Adding Q&A To Google Slides [Tuesday, July 21, 2020]
Online, Just Fine! [Wednesday, May 27, 2020]
Listservs as a Resource for Transcribers and TVI’s [Tuesday, January 28, 2020]

2019

NIMAS Basics For Beginners [Thursday, November 21, 2019]
The PALM Initiative – Digital Accessibility [Thursday, October 17, 2019]

2018

Textbook/Project Quoting Made Easy [Thursday, April 26, 2018]

2017

Making PDF’s Navigable with Bookmarks and Links [Thursday, September 28, 2017]
Digital Literacy in the Classroom: Text to Accessible Media in a Flash [Friday, March 31, 2017]

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2023

Rules of UEB, Front to Back: Introduction [Friday, December 15, 2023]
How To Represent Omissions In Braille [Tuesday, June 20, 2023]
Simple Fraction Line vs. Forward Slash [Tuesday, March 21, 2023]

2022

Typeforms Within Phonics [Tuesday, December 13, 2022]

2021

Contraction Preference [Wednesday, October 20, 2021]
Strong Contractions vs. Strong Groupsigns [Wednesday, September 15, 2021]
Final-Letter Groupsigns — a Refresher [Wednesday, August 18, 2021]
Initial-Letter Contractions: 13 Exceptions to the Rule [Wednesday, July 21, 2021]
A Closer Look at Lower Groupsigns, Part 2 [Wednesday, June 16, 2021]
A Closer Look at Lower Groupsigns, Part 1 [Wednesday, May 19, 2021]
A Closer Look At Lower Word Signs [April 21, 2021]
Modified Letters [March 17, 2021]
Web Addresses: Dividing Long Web Addresses, and the Continuation Indicator [February 17, 2021]
Web Addresses: Numbers, Numeric mode, and Grade 1 mode [January 20, 2021]

2020

Web Addresses: The Basics [Wednesday, October 21, 2020]
Abbreviations, Initialisms, and Acronyms [Wednesday, September 16, 2020]
Stammering and Other Speech Mannerisms [Wednesday, August 19, 2020]
Omissions In UEB [Wednesday, July 15, 2020]
What Is Nesting? [Wednesday, June 17, 2020]
The DOs and DON’Ts of Typeforms [Wednesday, May 20, 2020]
UEBe Informed: Grade 1 Indicators: A Case of Mistaken Identity [April 15, 2020]
What is "Standing Alone?" [March 18, 2020]
Section 7.6 Simplified [February 19, 2020]

2019

Shapes and Icons [February 28, 2019]

2018

Transcriber Defined Braille Characters [Thursday, August 30, 2018]
Braille Grouping Indicators [Wednesday, February 28, 2018]

2017

Braille Order [Tuesday, February 28, 2017]

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2024

Hollow Dot and Asterisk [Thursday, January 25, 2024]

2023

Positive And Negative Numbers [Thursday, November 30, 2023]
Minus [Thursday, September 21, 2023]
Enhancing The Parsing With Spacing [Thursday, July 20, 2023]
Spacing Exceptions [Thursday, May 18, 2023]
Spacing, Part 2 [Thursday, March 9, 2023]

2022

Spacing, Part 1 [Thursday, September 29, 2022]
Section 3: Introduction and Invaluable Tables [Thursday, July 21, 2022]
Abbreviations [Thursday, May 12, 2022]
Ancient Numeration Systems & Hexadecimal Numbers [Thursday, March 17, 2022]
Ordinals, Roman Numerals, And Emphasis Revisited [Thursday, January 20, 2022]

2021

Dates and Time [Thursday, November 18, 2021]
Decimals, Including Repeating Decimals [Thursday, September 23, 2021]
Numbers: Positive, Negative, and Numeric Spaced [Thursday, July 22, 2021]
Grade 1 Indicator Preferences [Thursday, May 20, 2021]
Grade 1 Mode REQUIREMENTS [Thursday, March 18, 2021]
Capitalization [Thursday, January 21, 2021]

2020

Typeforms [Thursday, September 24, 2020]
Dividing Expressions [Thursday, July 23, 2020]
Format [Thursday, May 21, 2020] 
Underlying Rules and Print Symbols [Thursday, March 26, 2020]
Spacing [Thursday, January 23, 2020]

Inside the archive of webinars separated by discipline, NBA Members will find embedded videos of all our previously presented free webinars. To watch, members just hit the play button and can stream the video over and over!

For example, here's a webinar we presented in the spring of 2020 called "Online, Just Fine" presented by Jana Hertz.