In 1996 following his father’s diagnosis of glaucoma and inoperable cataracts Randolph Cabral entered a Braille study program and later earned national certification as a Braille transcriber. In 1999 while attending Friends University he researched colleges and universities nationally to help determine the need for Braille transcription at the post-secondary education level. His research led to the founding of the Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, more notably referred to as KBTI.

Today KBTI is recognized as one of the top Braille training programs in the nation. Through the development of perhaps the only truly web-based Braille training program, KBTI will soon be able to offer Braille and related course studies around the world. KBTI graduates have produced Braille in numerous formats for institutions of education, agencies, private citizens and businesses, from periodicals in English to foreign language orders in Russian and Brazilian Portuguese. KBTI contractors also produce complex Braille materials in mathematics, science and music formats, including tactile maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations.