About
about full cell braille, inc
Full Cell Braille, Inc is a braille transcription company providing full transcription services. Our organization also works with prisons to support offenders transitioning from corrections to set-up self-sustaining employment in the braille vocation. Many of the individuals who have worked with Full Cell Braille, Inc have gone onto become highly sought after presenters, transcribers, and valued members in the visually impaired community.
An increasing percentage of braille textbooks produced in the U.S. today are transcribed in prison braille programs. A 2002 fact sheet released by AFB — Training and Availability of Braille Transcribers — reported that states access prison braille programs to recruit experienced transcribers 20% of the time because highly qualified braille transcribers are released from prison each year.
Our goal is to support offenders transitioning away from corrections and to develop the skill set to become employed as a braille transcribers.
Full Cell Braille, Inc is owned and managed by John Romeo, who learned braille during his own journey from behind the walls. He has over 25 years of experience and is certified in Textbook Format, Nemeth and is UEB proficient.
Full Cell Braille, inc is a transcription service offering a wide range of braille services
Literary Braille
Textbook Formats
Nemeth Braille
Tactile Creation
full cell braille, inc seeks to do two things:
develop skills
Although inmate qualifications for these programs vary from prison to prison, typical participants have a high-school education or equivalent, know how to operate a computer, have at least 5 - 8 years remaining to serve on their sentence, are highly motivated to learn new skills, and have not broken any prison rules for at least a year. It is advised that inmates who have been in prison less than 1 - 2 years not participate in a prison braille programming, since they may not have fully adjusted to prison life.
provide quality braille
Prison inmates selected to participate in a braille program will be hired through an evaluation process based upon their behavior, computer knowledge, and education. Every transcriptionist must genuinely care about the quality of their work and strive to provide quality materials. They demonstrate genuine respect for each other and the population in which they serve. They find this to be a meaningful way to give back to the community and understand the impact they have on the well being of more than 7 million Americans.