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Embossed Braille Books
The Braille Press is the largest publisher of Braille materials on the West Coast, and its team of Library of Congress certified Braille transcribers and proofreaders produces more than 13 million pages of Braille each year for businesses, schools, government agencies and individuals across the nation. Since Bookshare.org books originate as scanned files, all books are assigned a quality rating that indicates the level of scanning errors in the book.
View samples of book quality ratings. Embossing options are described below. Only books of Excellent or Good quality can be ordered embossed. Newspapers and magazines cannot be ordered embossed."Scan Quality" refers to a book that is embossed directly from the Bookshare.org file, without any additional proofreading to correct any missing formatting or remaining scanning errors. Note that any Scan Quality book may be unformatted text, and may contain errors, including, but not limited to errors due to character recognition or missing pages.
"Formatted Scan Quality" refers to a book that originated from a Bookshare.org file, which has been formatted by a certified transcriber. Formatted Scan Quality will include an abbreviated title page with key information, a table of contents with corresponding Braille page numbers, page numbering consistent with interpoint pagination, chapter headings and corrected line and page breaks as necessary. Note that Formatted Scan Quality books may still contain errors based on the original scanned file, including, but not limited to errors due to character recognition or missing pages. Read more about formatted scan quality.
Fair quality books are only available in digital format to subscribing members; they are not available in embossed Braille format. For Bookshare.org members with a current subscription, the cost of formatting services and embossing is based on the number of Braille pages, at a cost per page that depends on the embossing option selected, as described in more detail above.
Non-members pay an additional $10.00 per book. Orders can be sent Free Matter for the Blind (at no additional cost) or UPS (for additional charge of $12.95 per book). The total cost for an individual book will be calculated during the ordering process. To request a quote for fully proofread Braille, please email us at braillebooks@bookshare.org with the title and author of the book(s). Proofreading can only be offered for books with an Excellent quality rating. Follow these steps to order an embossed Braille book: Step 1: Search the collection for the book you would like to order. Use the Search links in the navigation area on any page (New, Title, Author, or Category). Step 2: Click on the book title link to get to a page with detailed information about the book. This page will offer the option of ordering an embossed Braille copy. Please note: Fair Quality books are not available in embossed Braille. Step 3: Complete the order form, including mailing and payment information, and choosing the embossing option. If you have questions about ordering embossed Braille books, or are interested in ordering large quantities of books, please contact us at braillebooks@bookshare.org. |
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