[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Latisha Lyles latisha Lyles]

Hello, everyone I am just curious.  Who might I contact in order to
learn more about braille transcribing.  I have been interested in
learning how to do this for some time, but I wasn't sure about who I
needed to contact in order to get started.

Latisha

On 3/10/13, Tina Thomas <judotina48kg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Aziza- Bana has adopted the UEB code to be used in this country. Nemeth
> code
> will still remain for all math and science.
> Tina
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cabs-talk [mailto:cabs-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aziza R
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 12:43 AM
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> 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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Latisha