[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

Sun Mar 10 17:44:00 UTC 2013

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> FYI!
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Recent Actions Release
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:03:53 -0800
> From: Jared Rimer, MENVI webmaster <menvi-webmaster at menvi.org>
> Reply-To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
> Organization: Music Education Network for the Visually Impaired
> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
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> You guys might like to see this, it comes from the bana announcement
> list which I'm a part of.  If you are a part of it, disregard this
> message.
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [BANA-Announce] BANA Recent Actions Release
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:42:09 +0000
> From: <Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org>
> To: <BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org>
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> *Press Release*
>
> *February 2013*
>
> **
>
> *For Immediate Release*
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> CONTACT: Frances Mary D?Andrea, Chair
>
> Braille Authority of North America
>
> Phone: 412-521-5797
>
> Email: literacy2 at mindspring.com<mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>
>
> **
>
> *Recent Actions: BANA Adopts UEB for United States; Elects Officers,
> Approves Modifications of Nemeth Code and Computer Braille Code*
>
> The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) held its 2012 fall meeting
> on November 2 ? 4 in Los Angeles, CA. The Braille Institute of America
> (BIA), a BANA member organization, hosted the meeting. A well-attended
> Open Forum provided an opportunity for participants to learn more about
> the workings of BANA and to provide feedback. Members of the BANA Board
> reviewed the history and rationale behind /Unified English Braille
> /(UEB)//and responded to participants? questions and concerns about its
> adoption.
>
> During its three-day meeting, the BANA Board reviewed and acted on
> semiannual reports from its eighteen committees and deliberated issues
> and challenges facing braille users and producers. Based on
> recommendations from BANA technical committees, the following rulings
> were approved:
>
> _Modification to Section 191 of the Nemeth Code_: A minor wording change
> to Section 191 of the Nemeth Code was recommended by the BANA
> Mathematics Technical Committee and approved by the BANA Board. By
> removing the word "outlines" from this section of the Nemeth Code,
> transcribers can use the nested list format detailed in /Braille
> Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011/ when
> transcribing outlines and tables of contents in Nemeth. This change is
> effective immediately, and it is posted on the BANA website.
>
> _Minor change in wording of the Computer Braille Code Update:_The Board
> approved a clarification to the Computer Braille Code Special Symbols
> Update 2010. This update makes clear the fact that CBC symbols are to be
> listed on the Special Symbols page in a specific order. This
> clarification is reflected in the files on the BANA website.
>
> _Document approved ? /Application of the Formats Guidelines 2011 to
> Nemeth Transcriptions/:_BANA?s Mathematics Braille Technical Committee
> created a document that provides a quick guide to the updated /Braille
> Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011/ for
> transcribers and proofreaders who produce Nemeth code materials. The
> Board approved this document, and it will soon be posted on the BANA
> website.
>
> BANA welcomed a new member organization, the Alternate Text Production
> Center of the California Community Colleges (ATPC), and their
> representative to the Board, Sandy Greenberg. BANA also welcomed two new
> Board Representatives ? Nancy Niebrugge from the Braille Institute of
> America and Jackie Sheridan from National Braille Press.
>
> The Board elected officers for the 2013 calendar year, and they are:
>
> **
>
> *Chair: Frances Mary D?Andrea*, representing the American Foundation for
> the Blind (AFB);
>
> *Vice Chair: Mary Nelle McLennan*, representing the American Printing
> House for the Blind (APH);**
>
> *Secretary: Jennifer Dunnam*, representing the National Federation of
> the Blind (NFB);
>
> *Treasurer: Sue Reilly,*representing the California Transcribers and
> Educators of the Blind and Visually Impaired (CTEBVI); and
>
> *Immediate Past Chair: Judy Dixon*, representing the National Library
> Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).
>
> As reported in a press release distributed in early November 2012, the
> most notable action by the Board was the adoption of the /Unified
> Braille Code/ (UEB) in the United States. The transition to UEB will
> take time and will require extensive preparation and coordination. The
> transition will follow a carefully crafted implementation timeline and
> plan that will take into consideration the various aspects of using,
> teaching, and producing braille. At its November meeting, the BANA Board
> appointed a UEB Implementation Task Force, which is constructing an
> implementation plan that will reflect input from the diverse communities
> involved in using, teaching, learning, and producing braille.
> Opportunities for input into the implementation plan will continue
> through the summer and fall as well as throughout the transition period.
> After the implementation plan is put into action and the transition time
> is determined, the official braille codes for the United States will be
> /Unified English Braille/; /Nemeth Code for Mathematics and Science
> Notation, 1972 Revision/ and published updates; /Music Braille Code,
> 1997/; and /The IPA Braille Code, 2008/.
>
> BANA?s next meeting will be sponsored by the National Library Service
> for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). Meetings will be held at
> the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The dates of this spring
> meeting will be April 11 through 13, 2013, with the Open Forum scheduled
> for Saturday, April 13 at the Arlington, VA, Public Library. Observers
> are welcome; however, interested guests must register in advance with
> the BANA Chair in order to conform with special security requirements
> and procedures for entry to federal buildings. Additional details about
> the spring meeting and theOpen Forum will be announced soon.
>
> For additional resource information, visit
> www.brailleauthority.org<http://www.brailleauthority.org/>
>
> /The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from fifteen
> member organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and
> consumers./
>
> /The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority of North America are
> to assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of
> braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes and facilitates the use,
> teaching, and production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets, and
> renders opinions pertaining to braille in all existing codes. It deals
> with codes now in existence or to be developed in the future, in
> collaboration with other countries using English braille. In exercising
> its function and authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions
> on other existing braille codes and formats; the ease of production by
> various methods; and acceptability to readers. /
>
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