Dear Lisa, Laura and List, I don't know about other countries, but most employers in the U.S. require that braille proofreaders obtain a braille proofreading certificate from the Library of Congress. The prerequisite to getting that certificate is to complete the Braille Transcriber's Course from the Library of Congress and get a braille transcriber's certificate. You may get hired without one, if you agree to take the courses and get the certificates.
These courses are very difficult to pass. After spending almost 3 years trying to pass the transcriber's course, I gave up and quit my job. My self-esteem about my ability to read and write braille sank to the bottom and I felt the job wasn't worth losing my love for braille. If you should decide to continue to pursue this kind of work, I wish you well. BTW, when you take the transcriber's course, you will be required to emboss everything on 11 by 11.5 paper using a brailler, board slate and stylus or a PC, if you have an embosser and if you don't use Duxbury or any translator to create your lessons. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California
