[Cabs-talk] Unified English Braille Code?

[Latisha Lyles latisha Lyles]

Hi, I am also interested in obtaining some this information as well if
at all possible.

Latisha

On 3/10/13, Aziza R <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>
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