[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[David Andrews]

You guys aren't paying attention (smile.)  The 
Braille Authority of North America, BANA, adopted 
the Unified En glish Braille code for use in this 
country this past fall.  We will continue to use 
Nemeth for Math and Science.  No time table for 
adoption has been put out yet -- but it will be happening in the U.S.

Dave

At 05:41 AM 3/10/2013, you wrote:
>Hi Aziza,
>
>  Great question!
>   So much so, that i did a quick google search and  found the
>following links that unless you have already seen these might be
>helpful.
>  http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb/UEBpassed.html
>
>http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb/overview_changes_ebae_ueb.html
>
>
>http://www.brailleauthority.org/
>
>I last remember that someone or a collection of folks from  NFB
>headquarters was assigned to follow this closely, but I am not aware
>of any statements for or against this new code (though there may have
>been a statement or two that I am not remembering at 1:30 in the
>morning.
>
>  Hope the above links help and... don't forget to spring forward!
>
>   Best,
>    Darian
>
>
>On 3/10/13, Aziza R <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >
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