[Blindmath] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braillecode

[Amanda Lacy]

Take action how? Is there someone to whom we can send emails urging not to 
do this?

Amanda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jolly" <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: [Blindmath] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth 
braillecode


>I have just recieved my copy of the Summer 2011 Bulletin of the National 
>Braille Association (NBA) which is the professional organization providing 
>continuing education to both paid and volunteer braille transcribers here 
>in the United States. The President's Message states, "At some point in the 
>near future, the braille powers-that-be will make a decision about a 
>unified braille code for the English-speaking worlds--a code that will 
>combine literary and technical transcriptions under one set of rules and 
>constructions."
>
> Elsewhere in this issue of the Bulletin, the NBA representive to the 
> Braille Authority of North America (BANA) writes that the BANA "Education 
> and Outreach committee is still reviewing the possibility of a universal 
> code." Note that the next meeting of BANA will be held November 3-6, 2011 
> and will be hosted in the Baltimore area by the NFB.
>
> If you believe as I do that the BAUK-like representation of maths in the 
> current proposals for a unified code are significantly inferior to the 
> Nemeth code's representation of mathematics, you might want to take action 
> now.
>
> Wouldn't it be ironic if the US were to abolish the use of the Nemeth code 
> just as it is being widely adopted in countries such as India and 
> Indonesia which have larger populations of braille users?
>
> Sincerely,
> SusanJ
>
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