Braille Translation Cost Calculator

This calculator estimates the cost of transcribing printed pages into braille, and the format you choose has a much bigger effect on both page count and cost than the number of source pages you're converting does, percentage for percentage. Interpoint (double-sided) braille is the most compact, expanding print roughly 2.5x into braille pages; Single-Side format expands about 4x since it only uses one side of each sheet; and Jumbo format -- larger braille cells for readers with reduced tactile sensitivity -- expands about 5x, the largest of the three. That difference alone roughly doubles the estimated cost between the most and least compact formats on the same source document, before Source Pages is even changed.

Source Pages itself scales the page count and cost proportionally: doubling the source document roughly doubles Braille Pages and Production Cost. Binding is optional and adds a flat charge per volume, where a volume is defined as roughly 100 braille pages; leaving it off produces loose, unbound pages. This estimate covers transcription and physical production only -- it does not include proofreading, tactile graphics, or rush production fees, which a braille production service would typically quote separately.