[il-talk] UEB & Contracting Braille

[Jemal Powell]

Bob, a very interesting story. That just shows that UEB will turn out to be one of the biggest shams when it comes to braille literacy probably in the history of the U.S.

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> Original Message:
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> From: Robert Gardner via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> 
> Sent: June 25, 2016 12:54:03 PM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [il-talk] UEB & Contracting Braille
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> An interesting bit of info involving UEB, the new Unified English Braille
> code that went into effect at the first of the year: 
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> 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. 
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> I could make some editorial comments here, but I won't. 
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> Bob Gardner
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> Chair, Braille Literacy Committee
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