[nobe-l] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA to Vote about Braille Code in November

[Ashley Bramlett]

Thoughts on this? Doesn't UEB get rid of nemeth? Perhaps nemeth needs 
revision rather than getting rid of  it.

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews
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Subject: [nobe-l] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA to Vote about Braille Code in 
November


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>Press Release
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>August 2012
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>
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>For Immediate Release
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>CONTACT: Frances Mary D'Andrea, Chair
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>Braille Authority of North America
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>Phone: 412-521-5797
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>Email: <mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com
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>
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>BANA to Vote about Braille Code in November
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>At its fall 2012 meeting, which will be held November 2nd through 4th, the 
>Braille Authority of North America will take a vote that will set the 
>course for the future of braille codes in the United States. The direction 
>under consideration is the adoption of Unified English Braille while 
>maintaining the Nemeth Code for technical materials.
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>
>
>"We need to make improvements to reduce barriers that hinder timely and 
>accurate braille transcription and to ensure that braille will remain a 
>flexible, robust system that meets the needs of people who read and write 
>braille in this digital age," said Frances Mary D'Andrea, Chair of BANA. 
>"If the motion is approved, it would be the first step in the 
>decision-making process, which will include developing a carefully 
>formulated plan for transition and implementation of the code while as much 
>as possible avoiding disruption for current braille readers."
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>
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>The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from fifteen member 
>organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and consumers. 
>Detailed information about the background of the code issues can be found 
>in the article "Evolution of Braille: Can the Past Help Plan the Future?" 
>Links to this article are available on the BANA website home page at 
><http://www.brailleauthority.org/>www.brailleauthority.org. Print and 
>braille copies of this article are available upon request. Please send an 
>email to <mailto:brailleauthority at gmail.com>brailleauthority at gmail.com, 
>providing your postal mailing address and stating if you want a print or 
>braille copy.
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>
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>Additional information about UEB can be found at the website of the 
>International Council on English Braille at 
><http://www.iceb.org/>www.iceb.org.
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>
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>Details about the fall BANA Board meeting, to be hosted by the Braille 
>Institute of America in Los Angeles, will be announced in the coming weeks. 
>For additional resource information, visit 
><http://www.brailleauthority.org/>www.brailleauthority.org.
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>
>
>The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority of North America are to 
>assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of braille 
>and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes and facilitates the use, teaching, 
>and production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets, and renders 
>opinions pertaining to braille in all existing codes. It deals with codes 
>now in existence or to be developed in the future, in collaboration with 
>other countries using English braille. In exercising its function and 
>authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions on other existing 
>braille codes and formats; the ease of production by various methods; and 
>acceptability to readers.
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>_______________________________________________
>BANA-Announce mailing list
>BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org
>http://www.brailleauthority.org/mailman/listinfo/bana-announce
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