[nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braillecode
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sat Sep 10 23:43:54 UTC 2011
Yes, but I don't think he would join the student's list, given
his age. * Smile! I'd doubt he has an email in the first place.
You can, however, listen to the late Dr. Z's (short for Betsy
Zaborowski's) interview with Dr. Nemeth in Straight Talk about
Vision Loss Episode 7, which you can find on nfb.org. While they
are stupid sometimes, they make up the Braille rules that all
transcribers have to follow. In other words, they make the
Braille laws. As far as lawmaking stupidity, we can say the same
about our Congressmen and other lawmakers sometimes. * Smile!
Chris
Chris Nusbaum
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From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
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Date sent: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:36:54 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the
Nemeth braillecode
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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real
problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
exists. If
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blindness can
be reduced to a mere physical nuissence." -- Kenneth Jernigan
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www.icanfoundation.info for
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