[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Aziza R]

Hi guys,
I was talking to a friend of mine a few days ago from England, and
somehow we got on the topic of tech vs. Braille... we finally agreed
that both have thier merits and left it at that. However, it was
mentioned that different countries have different Braille codes for
the english language, and I asked for some examples as to how they
differ. He told me that our punctuation is much different from the
English braille code used in England, and that there is similarly a
different code used for math.
He also mentioned that the U.S. is attempting to adopt this, Unified
English Braille code to use here. I'm curious what anyone knows about
the possibility of that occurring, or about the progress of such a
task if its already underway, as well as the potential problem this
might pose for students or employees who rely on Braille heavily. How
does this transition affect us, and what does it meen for students in
school currently who may have codes switched on them, or even if your
not in school. How do we go about learning this knew code.
Not to mention the reproduction back ups I'm picturing this might
cause. I'm taking the transcribers class offered by NFB and Library of
Congress, but I'm fairly certain if this happens I'll have to not only
learn to read this new code, but format it as well to keep the license
I'm working to obtain.
And... since I already despise math, the possibility of having it
torment me in a code I don't know is absolutely horrifying.

Thanks lots.
Aziza