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Updated: 7:28 PM Mar 27, 2008
Kansas Inmates to Study Braille
Efforts by a Wichita company could create a program to teach Hutchinson State Prison inmates to be Braille transcribers.
Posted: 1:13 PM Mar 27, 2008Email Address: news@kake.com |
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Efforts by a Wichita company could create a program to teach Hutchinson State Prison inmates to be Braille transcribers. The three-year pilot program was discussed recently between a group of inmates and Randolph Cabral, president of the Wichita-based Kansas Braille Transcription Institute.
Cabral's group transcribes things from simple brochures and books to complex college textbooks.
The inmates would study for six months to one year before taking a national certification test, after which the actual work would begin. If the pilot is successful, the Hutchinson prison would become the 24th in the nation to operate this service.
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