[BlindTlk] Braille books in old old

Tue Sep 3 23:18:11 UTC 2019

I shudder to think what braille literature will be lost if they do not get it duplicated.

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From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk
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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old

I think the library of congress is already getting rid of them.  Because 
last time I was at the library, I took out a book that had a date before 
2015, so I thought it would be in standard braille.  What a surprise I got 
when I took it home and it was not!  Also, it seems that when they digitize 
them, they no longer digitize old ones they didn't catch up on, yet; even 
though they are old books, they still are now in UEB.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 1:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old

Okay, I understand, and now that you have a grasp on UEB anyway.

The availability of US braille will gradually disappear as books get older. 
On the otherhand, you might find materials in those books not available yet 
in UEB.  US braille will be around for years, though.

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From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via 
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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old

Why would I want to read something in old braille it takes me an hour to 
read a page when I could Read and comprehend the children’s book in half an 
hour or less?

For me, old braille is any efficient. It’s personal preference. United 
English braille makes more sense to me.

Ericka Nelson

> On Sep 3, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> The best way to get use to it is to use it.  I encourage my braille 
> students to read, read, read, and take the pressure off trying to 
> memorize.  When you think about it, you didn't have to memorize how to 
> spell the majority of words in the English language when learning to read 
> as a kid.  You were just trained to start reading a few simple phrases at 
> first, and gradually through spelling lessons, added to your vocabulary. 
> But the secret is read, read, read.  Memory comes through use without the 
> pressure of memorization.
>
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> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka 
> via BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 8:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>
> There are words that you can’t combine together anymore like of the house 
> to have a space between it. The sign for by like “by the seaside or byline 
> Hass to be spelled out now.
> Trust me, I’ve tried to read the stuff and I can’t. It’s too confusing. 
> Punctuation changed a lot by the way. The simple.?, Etc. didn’t but have 
> you looked at those parenthesis? Yeah they look a lot more like print so 
> it’s easy for me to remember how to read.
>
> Ericka Nelson
>
>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 12:13 AM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk 
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> In US Braille:
>>
>> Dropped d at the beginning of a word is letters dis.
>> In the middle is a double-d as in "daddy."
>> At the end is a period.
>>
>> Dropped h at beginning is a open-quote
>> In middle, not used in literary braille.
>> At the end, a question-mark.
>>
>> Dropped F:
>> At beginning is the word "to."
>> In the middle is a double-f.
>> At the end is an exclamation point.
>>
>> These things aren't that much different in UEB, although some of the 
>> rules did change for UEB.
>>
>> Judy
>>
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>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka 
>> via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 7:20 PM
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>> Cc: Ericka
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>
>> Judy, and I learn braille as a child or had no residual vision I probably 
>> could. However I find the US braille difficult. Dropped F, drop D and 
>> dropped H. is in weird places main something depending on where they are. 
>> That is confusing! I read faster in the new braille. I have children’s 
>> books and some religious things for the taking.
>>
>> Ericka Nelson
>>
>>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk 
>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, Erika,
>>>
>>> Actually, if you can do UEB braille, you can also read US.  There are 
>>> differences in the punctuation and numbers formatting, but the numbers 
>>> and letters themselves are all the same.  Most of the contractions are 
>>> the same, they have done away with some of them, but you will never find 
>>> a strange formation of dots you can't recognize.
>>>
>>> I took the UEB course, just to know what it is like, and although I 
>>> prefer US braille, I can read the UEB.
>>>
>>> Judy
>>> “Embrace the day with its mercies and blessings.”
>>>
>>>
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>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka 
>>> via BlindTlk
>>> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 9:46 AM
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>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>
>>> I’m wondering what people are doing with braille books that are in that 
>>> were produced before the 2015 change over to UEB. I have braille books 
>>> that I really don’t want to toss, but I can’t read them well enough in 
>>> the pre-2015 braille to justify keeping. I’m willing to send them 
>>> overseas or free matter them to someone who can’t send them overseas. 
>>> Let me know.
>>>
>>> Ericka Nelson
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