[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Aziza R]

Is there a place where people interested in getting a jump start on
this transition can get some form of a hard copy providing examples of
these changes, or even a book of some sort to practice cross
referencing a card listing the changes?

On 3/10/13, Latisha Lyles latisha Lyles <latisha.lyles.inc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Cabs-talk mailing list
>>>Cabs-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org
>>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> Cabs-talk:
>>>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cabs-talk mailing list
>> Cabs-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Cabs-talk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org/latisha.lyles.inc%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> Latisha
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cabs-talk mailing list
> Cabs-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Cabs-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org/daydreamingncolor%40gmail.com
>