In the early 1970s I was employed as a braille transcriptionist at the CNIB Maritime Division headquarters in Halifax. A sighted person was my reader.
We were transcribing a Handicrafts Manual one day and were dealing with the subject of chair caning. At one point in the manuscript reference to “reseating a chair” was made. I don’t know what I was thinking of at the time (I think it happened to be payday), but I spelled “reseating” as follows: receipting.
I was spelling it that way as I wrote it down when my reader broke out into a big guffaw. As a result of that goof, I had to redo the page and I was more than halfway finished at the time. Needless to say, I didn’t live that one down for a while.
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Due to the redevelopment of the building leased by CNIB at 1525 Yonge Street, the CNIB GTA Community Hub will permanently close on July 1, 2026. While the CNIB GTA Community Hub may be closing, we want to reassure our community that CNIB programs and services will continue without interruption. Beginning June 1, all local in-person programming will be offered at alternative locations in the GTA, including at CNIB’s national office at 1929 Bayview Ave., as well as local community spaces like libraries and community centres and through the CNIB Mobile Hub.
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In the early 1970s I was employed as a braille transcriptionist at the CNIB Maritime Division headquarters in Halifax. A sighted person was my reader.