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November offers a lot to celebrate and to commemorate. The Braille
Authority of North American (BANA) is pleased to share several timely
items that we have transcribed in Unified English Braille (UEB).
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<div align="center"><b>Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address<br>
Transcribed in Unified English Braille and Available on the BANA
Website<br>
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In commemoration of the 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address, BANA provides the transcription of those historic
remarks in UEB. The text of Lincoln’s speech is available as a
braille-ready file and a PDF of simulated braille. You can find these
files on the BANA website home page at
<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org">www.brailleauthority.org</a>.
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<div align="center"><b><i>Dallas, November 22, 1963<br>
</i>Transcribed in Unified English Braille and Available on BARD<br>
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To remember the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy, a short ebook, <i>Dallas, November 22, 1963</i>, by Robert A.
Caro, was published in early October. Taken from Caro's larger biography
of Lyndon B. Johnson, this riveting excerpt describes the events of the
day. <br>
The eBook has been transcribed in Unified English Braille and is now
available in braille-ready format (BRF) from the National Library Service
for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) through its BARD service.
Eligible patrons can find and download the book by entering the title in
the search field at
<a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov">https://nlsbard.loc.gov</a>.<br>
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<div align="center">Pumpkin Pie Recipe<br>
Transcribed in Unified English Braille and Available on the BANA
Website<br>
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‘Tis the season so we have added a pumpkin pie recipe in UEB! It is
available as a BRF braille-ready file and as a PDF of simulated braille.
You can find these files on the BANA website home page at
<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org">www.brailleauthority.org</a>.
Enjoy!<br>
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For other samples in UEB and for additional resource information, visit
<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org">www.brailleauthority.org</a>
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<i>The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from seventeen
member organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and
consumers.<br>
The mission of the Braille Authority of North America is to assure
literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of braille
and/or tactile graphics. <br>
The purpose of BANA is to promote and to facilitate the uses, teaching,
and production of braille. Pursuant to this purpose, BANA will promulgate
rules, make interpretations, and render opinions pertaining to braille
codes and guidelines for the<b> </b>provisions of literary and technical
materials and related forms and formats of embossed materials now in
existence or to be developed in the future for the use of blind persons
in North America. When appropriate, BANA shall accomplish these
activities<b> </b>in international collaboration with countries using
English braille. In exercising its function and authority, BANA shall
consider the effects of its decisions on other existing braille codes and
guidelines, forms and formats; ease of production by various methods; and
acceptability to readers.<br>
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</i>Questions and comments can be addressed to Frances Mary D’Andrea,
BANA Chair, at
<a href="mailto:literacy2@mindspring.com">literacy2@mindspring.com</a>.
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