[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Tina Thomas]

Hello Tish- Call the NFB headquarters in Baltimore MD. Our telephone number
is: 410.659.9314. 
Tina   

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From: Cabs-talk [mailto:cabs-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Latisha
Lyles latisha Lyles
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

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
>
>
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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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