[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Tina Thomas]

Aziza- Bana has adopted the UEB code to be used in this country. Nemeth code
will still remain for all math and science. 
Tina  


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From: Cabs-talk [mailto:cabs-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aziza R
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 12:43 AM
To: cabs-talk
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

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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