[BlindMath] Questions about Nemeth and UEB

[Sarah Erb]

Mac,
I respectfully disagree that Nemeth code is ‘dying’— as you put it.
This can be a rather controversial topic, depending on where you are
located in the world.

I am a sided parent of a third grader, and she will be using Nemeth code
for Math for the foreseeable future.

Please keep in mind that many decisions regarding the education of blind
students and which math code to utilize have commonly been discussed and
determined without blind individuals and blind professionals in math and
science fields involved.

Dana, I would start with Nemeth and go from there.

Best, Sarah

On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 7:49 PM Mac David via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I would start with Nemeth Braille  first. That is what you are going to
> see most books written in. Nemeth Braille is a dying language but a good
> book to learn this code is “The Nemeth Braille Code for Mathmatics and
> Science Notation 1972 Revision” with a 2007 update. It is available for
> download in various formats from www.brailleauthority.org. I think that
> UEB has been in use for only about 15 years, and is intended to replace
> Nemeth.
> Hope this helps,
> Mac David
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Apr 5, 2023, at 7:18 PM, dana mohsen via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone, I hope everyone is doing well.
> > I had a question about Braille math.
> > I work with math audibly, using a screen reader, but I have been
> interested in learning braille math recently. I can read both contracted,
> and I’m contracted braille.. my question is: should I learn Nemeth or UEB
> math? I definitely love to learn both, but I’d like to learn one of them
> fully before doing the other. Which one is the better one? Which one is
> more efficient, and which one is more common in the United States.?
> > Thank you.
> > Best regards,
> > Dana Ibrahim
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