[il-talk] UEB & Contracting Braille

[Robert Gardner]

An interesting bit of info involving UEB, the new Unified English Braille
code that went into effect at the first of the year: 

 

I checked on buying a Braille book, a novel, for myself from a commercial
source. I wanted it in UEB, and it's not available in UEB from NLS, which
would have been free. I found out that the book I wanted to buy costs 30%
more than a standard Grade 2 version because a book in UEB will be
approximately 30% larger than a standard Grade 2 Braille book. 

 

I could make some editorial comments here, but I won't. 

 

Bob Gardner

Chair, Braille Literacy Committee