[nfbmi-talk] Fwd: [nabs-l] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] Survey on Quotation Marks & Apostrophes in UEB

[Jeff Crouch]

Hi everyone,
I thought I would share this here as there are many braille readers in the state.

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

Thanks and warmest regards.
Jeff Crouch
President, Michigan Association of Blind Students


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> From: David Andrews via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: June 10, 2017 at 23:27:36 EDT
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Cc: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] Survey on Quotation Marks & Apostrophes in UEB
> Reply-To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 
> 
>> 
>> The UEB Code Maintenance Committee is seeking opinions on a possible change to the representation of single quotation marks and apostrophes in UEB.
>> 
>> An explanatory document (in print and braille) and survey link are located on the ICEB home page at www.iceb.org.
>> 
>> Please spread the word of the survey through your local listservs, social media, newsletters, meetings and word-of-mouth.
>> 
>> It is important that we reach as many people as possible. Adults who read a lot of electronic braille, adults who read mainly hard copy braille, teachers of children learning braille and braille transcribers are all likely to hold different opinions and their voices need to be heard. Moreover, there is a big difference in the predominance of single quotation marks in print across countries.
>> 
>> The survey will be open for the month of June.
>> 
>> The Code Maintenance Committee (CMC) of the International Council on English Braille (ICEB) would like your input on possible changes to the braille representation of single quotation marks and the apostrophe to facilitate translation and reading on electronic braille devices. The explanatory document gives an explanation of the problem and the options under consideration. (Thanks to James Bowden, UK, and Leona Holloway, Australia, for their work on this.)
>> 
>> After reading the information, please complete the survey at
>> 
>> www.surveymonkey.com/r/UEB-apostrophe [1]
>> 
>> to indicate your preference. The CMC will use the results of the survey to guide their decision on this issue.
>> 
>> The survey will be available until the end of June. If necessary, this time frame may be extended.
>> 
>> Please share this message with any colleagues who may be interested (with apologies for all the cross-postings I hope this will generate).
>> 
>> Thanks for your attention to this issue.
>> 
>> With best regards,
>> 
>> Phyllis Landon
>> ICEB Code Maintenance Officer
>> 
>> Links:
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>> [1] http://webmail.anchor.net.au/www.surveymonkey.com/r/UEB-apostrophe
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