How to request a Braille format

What is Braille?

Braille is a tactile system that allows blind and partially sighted people to access literacy by reading and writing.

Braille is read by touch, by using the pads of the fingers to feel the letters and symbols. Braille can be written in a variety of ways; using specialist equipment or specific computer software.

Braille can be processed for single pages or larger documentation, such as handbooks.

Making a booking

When organising a meeting or event or publishing a document, it should be standard practice to promote the availability of alternative formats or languages.  See the How To Promote Alternative Formats and Languages section for more information.

Once a need has been identified you should contact a potential supplier outlining the service you are looking for, the type of document for example document or poster and a proposed timeline to ask for a quote.

Procurement

If an individual requirement is less than £10,000, it can be sourced at the discretion of the individual. For anything between that and £50,000 it would be a request to Corporate Procurement Unit (CPU) for a quick quote. Guidance for this is available on the CPU intranet pages here.

Finance

Responsibility for providing an interpreter or translation is with the council family and not the Service User.  Interpreting and translation services should be paid from responsible programme or Service budgets. Steps should be taken by budget holders to make sure that appropriate funding is available for this Service.

Potential Suppliers

It should be noted that this is not a definitive list of suppliers and represents the first and second preference as identified through the Scottish Government Language Framework. Alternative suppliers can be contacted.