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Volunteer Positions
- BRAILLE TRANSCRIBER
- Department: Braille
Purpose: To transcribe print material into braille for clients.
Tasks:
- Transcribe textbooks for school students.
- Transcribe textbooks for college students.
- Transcribe job-related material for clients.
- Transcribe individual requests, such as instruction manuals, cookbooks, and computer manuals.
- Transcribe books for the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
- Proofread material before it is submitted.
- Correct work after is read by proofreader.
Qualifications: Braille certification required from the Library of Congress with either:
1) Brailling using translation program or
2) Direct brailling proficiency on personal computer
Training: For Translation Program - Sessions totaling approximately 12 hours. Additional training required for music and mathematics transcription.
Time: To produce a minimum of one volume of braille per month.
Line of Authority: Chairman of Volunteer Transcribers, Director of Custom Braille
- COPYHOLDER
- Department: Braille
Purpose: To check accuracy of braille.
Tasks: Read print copy, including punctuation with a blind proofreader.
Qualifications: Good reading and English skills. Good enunciation.
Training: First three hours on the job.
Time: Minimum of half-day weekly
Line of Authority: Supervisor of pre-production braille
- BINDING AND THERMOFORM
- Department: Braille
Purpose: To thermoform and bind braille books.
Tasks:
- Break books into volumes.
- Do title pages and labels.
- Check accuracy of information (typed and brailled).
- Check pagination.
- Punch paper.
- Bind books.
- Keep records.
Qualifications:
- Be able to follow procedures accurately.
- Think on your feet.
- Knowledge of braille is helpful, but not required.
Training: On the job. Total time: 12 hours.
Time: Minimum of 4 hours weekly
Line of Authority: Chairman of Binding and Thermoform, Director of Custom Braille
- OFFICE STAFF BRAILLE TRANSCRIBER
- Department: Braille
Purpose: Oversee braille transcription work.
Tasks:
- Assign and send work to transcribers.
- Formatting when necessary.
- Process work submitted by transcribers.
- Send work to proofreaders.
- Check proofreaders reports.
- Send work to be corrected to transcriber.
- Collate pages of completed transcription.
- Run off braille disks on embossers.
- Punch paper.
- Keep records.
- Field questions on the telephone.
- Produce newsletters.
- Submit monthly reports to Director of Custom Braille.
- Schedule/format semi-annual workshops.
Qualifications:
- Braille certification required from the Library of Congress.
- Proficiency with direct brailling on computer and/or brailling with translation program.
Training: On the job.
Time: Minimum of two days per month.
Line of Authority: Chairman of Volunteer Transcribers, Director of Custom Braille
- PROFESSIONAL READER/CLERICAL ASSISTANT
- Department: Specialized Services
Purpose: To assist the blind or visually impaired professional in the performance of his or her duties as an employee.
Tasks:
- Read correspondence and other print material.
- Record print material.
- Act as transcriber in the completion of printed forms, etc.
- Proofread typed documents.
- Assist, as needed, in editing material.
- Provide access to print material.
- Assist with filing.
Qualifications:
- Command of the English language.
- Understand of office etiquette and office skills.
- Dependability.
- Interest in people.
- Willingness to keep personal information confidential.
Training: On the job.
Time: Flexible.
Line of Authority: Case Manager or Supervisor of Specialized Services.
- SHOPPER/ESCORT
- Department: Specialized Services
Purpose: To assist blind or visually impaired individuals in shopping and escort services.
Tasks:
- Escorts client to nearby facility, either on foot, by public transportation,or in automobile.
- Escort client through store, reading labels and prices as desired.
- Locat desired items.
- Escort client home or back to the agency with purchases.
- Identify items so that client may label them appropriately.
Qualifications:
- Ability to read prices and labels in store.
- Sufficient physical stamina to perform necessary tasks.
- Dependability.
- Interest in people.
Training: To learn proper sighted guide techniques.
Time: Flexible, but no more than 3 hours at one time.
Line of Authority: Human Services Director
- OFFICE/CLERICAL
- Department: Development
Purpose: To raise funds that support the various services of ASB.
Tasks:
- Collate materials for mailing.
- Label envelopes.
- Sort, stuff, and seal collated materials.
Qualifications: Enjoy general office work and a desire to assist in the process of generating new income to support services that ASB provides.
Training: All training will be done by staff with on-the-job instructions.
Time: At least 2 hours minimum.
Line of Authority: Director of Development and Marketing
- Computer Assistant
- Department: Specialized Services
Purpose: To assist the Specialized Services Department in keeping client records up-to-date.
Tasks: Entering data into the computer
Qualifications: Computer literate (Excel, Access & Word)
Time: At least 3 hours minimum (Monday-Friday)
Line of Authority: Office Coordinator, Specialized Services
- RADIO NARRATOR
- Department: Radio/Recording Department
Purpose: To provide information from the print media.
Tasks: To pre-record magazine articles, books, or other program materials as required, or to read newspapers, magazines, etc., for live broadcasts.
Qualifications:
- Must be able to pass an audition as scheduled by radio staff.
- Ability to operate reel to reel machine.
- Good reading speed.
- Good voice inflection.
- Ability to work independently.
Guidelines:
- Reader must learn how to operate necessary equipment and proper arrangement of material to be presented for live broadcast or for materials for recording.
- Reader will follow the policies outlined in guidelines and formats provided for specific reading assignments.
- With the exception of an extreme emergency, all volunteers must notify a member of radio staff 24 hours before scheduled air time.
- Readers are required to schedule future programs on the calendar posted by the door to studios A and B.
- Tape narrators are required to pre-schedule booth time on the calendar posted in the back corridor.
- All readers must record their broadcast hours on the sheets in the volunteer file.
Training: Learning how to operate necessary equipment and proper arrangement of materials to be presented for live broadcast or recording.
Time:
- For pre-recorded programming: Minimal 1.5 hours per week (evening readers must check in with control room engineer and alert him when you leave).
- For live broadcasting: Must commit three consecutive hours per week.
Line of Authority: Manager of Radio Information Center for the Blind (RICB)
Call ASB at (215)-627-0600, ask for extension 3275. Or email Linda Gaffney, Volunteer Coordinator at lgaffney@asb.org
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