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

[Joshua Lester]

Please E-mail your resolutions committee.
We need an NFB resolution, to save the Nemeth Code.
Thanks, Joshua

On 9/10/11, Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Evening all:
> What exactly is the problem with the Nemeth Code that it needs to be
> abolished? It would seem far more efficient to just keep the same
> thing that we've always used, rather than drop Nemeth, create
> something new, and have everyone have to re-learn everything. If it's
> not broken, don't fix it. That said, I don't have the full story in
> front of me. What exactly would the new code be? Would it be a
> combination of Nemeth and something else, like literary Braille? Or
> would it be something entirely new? I'm very curious to hear more
> about this and see where it goes.
> Patrick
>
> On 9/10/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>> 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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>>>>>
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>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
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>>> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists. If
>>> a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can
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