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CONTACT: Judy Dixon, Chair<br><br>
Braille Authority of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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America<br><br>
Phone: 202-707-0722<br><br>
Email: jdix@loc.gov<br><br>
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<div align="center"><b><i>Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics,
2010<br>
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<div align="center"><b>Now Available on BANA Website<br>
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The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is pleased to announce that
the HTML web version of the <b><i>Guidelines and Standards for Tactile
Graphics, 2010</i></b> is now available on the BANA website. This
is the initial release of this long-anticipated publication. You can
access the guidelines at the following link:
<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/index.html">
<font color="#0000FF">www.brailleauthority.org/tg</a></font> <br><br>
For additional information and resources, visit
<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org/"><font color="#0000FF">
www.brailleauthority.org</a><br>
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<i>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. <br>
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