On problems in the Training of Volunteers for Braille Translation and Tape Recording for People with Visual Impairments

本研究旨在探讨视障人士盲文翻译及录音志愿者训练中存在的问题。采用听力调查法对日本41个志愿者团体的代表进行了调查。调查内容包括团员人数、活动方式、团员在培训新团员时所遇到的问题等，要求入会者在入会前接受培训的人数占受访人数的一半。他们强调，由于翻译和记录的事项被借给不同的地区，在某种程度上，需要某种标准化。举办培训课程的赞助商列出了三个问题：以志愿者身份完成课程的申请人稳定性低，少数年轻申请人可能充满活力，以及不少申请人希望获得奖励。

The purpose of this research was to clarify the problems in the training of volunteer for braille translation and tape recording for people with visual impairments. Hearing survey method to the 41 representatives of the volunteer groups in Japan was used. Contents of the survey included the number of members, the way of activities, the problems that the group had to train the new members and so on. The group that needed for an Applicant for membership to receive the training before attending the group was half of the groups interviewed. They stressed that, because the matters translated and recorded were lent to various districts, to some extend, a certain standardization was needed. The sponsors holding a training curriculum listed three problems; a low stability of applicants that finished the curriculum as a volunteer member to the group, a small number of younger applicants who might be full of vigor, and no small number of applicants who expected a reward.