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Joint Technology Task Force

Goal Two

March 26, 2001

Demonstrate The Increased Efficiency And Benefits To Braille Transcribers And Accessible Book Producers of Using Publisher Files From The Proposed Format (NISO XML format)
OBJECTIVE	RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE	TIME FRAME	COMPLETION DATE
1. Announce in a press release the joint task force commitment and work with NISO XML.	AFB, RFB&D, AAP	TBD after 1/17/01
2. Submit paper to C-Sun.	Jim Allan and George Kerscher	October 2000	Proposal Completed Speech will be given 3/22/01 by Jim Allan
3. Identify publication areas - newsletters journals, etc.	AAP, AFB, RFB&D	February-September 2001	3/26--no additional areas
4. Identify appropriate constituents to inform and/or meet with to describe this effort - states, publishers, textbook departments through Dept. of Education and Braille-type conferences, state conferences, transcribers, other.	AAP, AFB, RFB&D	Ongoing	Jan 17, 2001 at the AAP School Division annual meeting
5. Develop a press release about the transcription software.	George Kerscher, Joe Sullivan, Robert Stepp, AFB and AAP	After field testing
6. Develop a training system, including materials, exercises and sample books.	JTTF Braille Producers subgroup	AFB SF advisory group to meet summer 2001 in to discuss design of training	3/26/01 meeting is being planned
7. Begin nationwide training.	AFB, CTEVH, BANA, NBA	Based on completion of Braille software programs with DAISY/NISO XML

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