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<font size=5><b>Press Release<br>
October 2011<br>
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<div align="center"><font size=4><b>For Immediate Release<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>CONTACT: Judy Dixon, Chair<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Braille Authority of North America<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>Phone: 202-707-0722; <br>
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<font face="Verdana">Email: jdix@loc.gov<br>
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</font><font size=4><b>BANA Publishes Part Two of Article on the
Evolution of Braille<br>
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<font face="Verdana">The Braille Authority of </font>North America (BANA)
has recently released the second segment of a three-part article on the
evolution of braille. In this piece, BANA focuses on the complexities of
code building as well as on current challenges in transcription,
translation, and backtranslation of braille.<br><br>
<font face="Verdana">Parts One and Two of “The Evolution of Braille: Can
the Past Help Plan the Future?” are now posted on the BANA website at:
<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org">
http://www.brailleauthority.org</a>. The final segment of this
significant article will be released in early December. BANA will
announce its publication through press releases and email
announcements. <br>
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<font face="Verdana">BANA will meet on November 3–6, 2011, in Baltimore,
MD. Guests are invited to attend BANA Board meetings and to observe the
deliberations. The Board’s agenda includes reports from all of BANA's
committees as well as from September’s <i>World Congress Braille21</i>
conference in Leipzig, Germany. If you are interested in attending the
BANA meeting, please contact Chair Judy Dixon to reserve space.<br>
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news and information. To join this list, send a blank email to
<a href="mailto:bana-announce-subscribe@brailleauthority.org">
bana-announce-subscribe@brailleauthority.org</a> and follow the
directions in the confirmation email.<br><br>
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<font size=2><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.
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