[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Latisha Lyles latisha Lyles]

Thanks Tina really appreciate the information I will give them a call tomorrow.

Latisha

On 3/10/13, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at visi.com> wrote:
> There have already been a couple responses on this, so I would just add that
> in general, one  can read UEB without any instruction so it isn't completely
>
> different.  Some punctuation is different, but some of it makes sense to me.
>  For example, the "DD" sign is not used in UEB, which means that a normal
> period, Dots 2-5-6 can be used in the middle of words or in e-mail addresses
> and as a decimal point as it is in print.  This makes back-translation
> somewhat
> easier.
>
> The UEB math code is very different than Nemeth, and many people feel it
> takes far too many cells to emboss mathematical expressions.  Therefore, it
>
> was decided to keep Nemeth Code as our math code.  UEB has an indicator that
> will tell the reader when Nemeth is being used.
>
> Part of planning for the transition will include what to do about
> certification.  I would be surprised if one would have to start from
> scratch, though, but I
> should add that this is all still in the process of being figured out.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:43:09 -0800, Aziza R 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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