March 2025 Webinars
Join us this month for these four free webinars!
These webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you have an internet connection, you can click the join link below each description a few minutes before start time, and you’re in! These are intended to run short, so the content portion is typically around 15 minutes long, and then there’s a few minutes for any questions. We want you to be able to learn some new tricks without having to take a lot of time out of your busy day!
We hope you’ll be able to join us live, but if you can’t, remember that we record all our webinars. Those recordings are housed in the archive, and are available to current NBA members. If you want to watch later, just sign in with your member account, navigate to the skills area you’re looking for, and hit play! If you’re not a member and want access to training videos, checkout this page for more info about membership.
Our live webinars and archived recordings have Closed Captioning available for those who would like it. Google Meet provides this for our live webinars and Vimeo provides this service for our hosted recordings. To turn on Closed Captioning, use the button in the tool bar with a “CC” in the square.
Tactile Graphics
Tactile Graphics 3.2 Planning & Editing, Part 3
Presenter: Donald Winiecki, Chair, Tactile Graphics Committee
Date: Tuesday, March 4th at 12:00p ET
Description: In this webinar we take a whirlwind tour through GSTG Unit 3.4 Planning Size and Layout. We review the guidelines and provide examples that illustrate each of the guidelines. You’ll walk away with information about what to do when planning size and layout of TGs, and what it looks like to do it the “GSTG way”!
Skill Level: Beginner
Unified English Braille Technical
Numbered (or Itemized) Calculations
Presenter: Kyle DeJute, Chair, Unified English Braille Technical Committee
Date: Tuesday, March 25th at 1:00p ET
Description: We will explore section 4.1.7 of the UEB Guidelines for Technical Material (GTM), which addresses numbered calculations. Another term for “numbered calculations” can be “itemized material.” The question we expect to answer is, “Where do I put the identifiers?” This is the twenty-eighth webinar in a series examining the GTM one small piece at a time.
Skill Level: Beginner
Unified English Braille Literary
The Rules of Unified English Braille: Section 5
Presenter: Julie Sumwalt, Chair, Unified English Braille Literary Committee
Date: Friday, March 28th at 12:30p ET
Description: This webinar will explain grade 1 mode and its uses.
Skill Level: Beginner
Computer Assisted Transcription
Enhancing Braille Math Transcription with Tiger Software Suite
Presenter: Dan Gardner, Member, Computer Assisted Transcription Committee
Date: Monday, March 31st at 1:00p ET
Description: This webinar will showcase the latest improvements in math translation within Tiger Software Suite (TSS), including enhanced workflows for transcribing math worksheets into braille. We will highlight TSS integration with MathCat, giving users a choice between liblouis and MathCat for translating math into UEB Technical or Nemeth. Additionally, we’ll cover expanded support for native Microsoft equations, complementing our long-time compatibility with MathType. The session will also demonstrate how third-party tools like MathPix and MathKickerAI can streamline math content conversion, making braille transcription more efficient. Attendees will gain insights into practical techniques for making math more accessible to braille users.
Skill Level: Beginner