[nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braille code

[Joshua Lester]

They're stupid, IMO!)
What would Doctor Nemeth say about this?
I wish he'd join this list, so he can discuss this stuff.
He'd be appalled!
Blessings, Joshua

On 9/10/11, chris nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's right, Joshua! Abolish the Nemeth code, and replace it with
> what? A whole new code that BANA would make up and then we students
> would have to suddenly drop all we know about Nemeth and switch to
> some other code? That would slow the process down so much, and we
> don't need to slow it down!
>
> Chris
>
> On 9/10/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>> I'm all for a unified Braille code.
>> That code, is the Nemeth Code!
>> Leave it alone!
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 9/10/11, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>> [Blindmath] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braille code
>>> Susan Jolly easjolly at ix.netcom.com
>>> Fri Sep 9 17:10:37 CDT 2011
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>>> I have just recieved my copy of the Summer 2011 Bulletin of the National
>>> Braille Association (NBA) which is the professional organization
>>> providing
>>> continuing education to both paid and volunteer braille transcribers here
>>> in
>>> the United States. The President's Message states, "At some point in the
>>> near future, the braille powers-that-be will make a decision about a
>>> unified
>>> braille code for the English-speaking worlds--a code that will combine
>>> literary and technical transcriptions under one set of rules and
>>> constructions."
>>>
>>> Elsewhere in this issue of the Bulletin, the NBA representive to the
>>> Braille
>>> Authority of North America (BANA) writes that the BANA "Education and
>>> Outreach committee is still reviewing the possibility of a universal
>>> code."
>>> Note that the next meeting of BANA will be held November 3-6, 2011 and
>>> will
>>> be hosted in the Baltimore area by the NFB.
>>>
>>> If you believe as I do that the BAUK-like representation of maths in the
>>> current proposals for a unified code are significantly inferior to the
>>> Nemeth code's representation of mathematics, you might want to take
>>> action
>>> now.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be ironic if the US were to abolish the use of the Nemeth
>>> code
>>> just as it is being widely adopted in countries such as India and
>>> Indonesia
>>> which have larger populations of braille users?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> SusanJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
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