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<div align="center"><b>Press Release<br>
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<div align="center"><b>April 2012<br>
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<div align="center"><b>For Immediate Release<br>
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CONTACT: Frances Mary D’Andrea, Chair<br><br>
Braille Authority of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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America<br><br>
Phone: 412-521-5797<br><br>
Email:
<a href="mailto:literacy2@mindspring.com"><font color="#0000FF">
literacy2@mindspring.com</a><br>
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<div align="center"><b>BANA Blog Welcomes Your Comments<br>
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Expanding its social media contact points, BANA has added a blog to its
website. The blog gives all those interested in the work of BANA a chance
to read about and comment on BANA's current and ongoing activities.
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Just follow the "BANA Blog" link on the BANA
website<a href="http://www.brailleauthority.org/"><font color="#0000FF">
www.brailleauthority.org</a></font>and you will be able to read posts by
the Braille Authority of North America as well as by readers who respond.
You can leave a comment by clicking on the title of the post, which
serves as a link to the comment form. You can also reach the comment form
by clicking on the speech balloon icon. You do not have to register on
the blog site to be able to post comments.<br><br>
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You can also follow the work of BANA by signing up for BANA-Announce, a
one-way email list that disseminates news and information from the BANA
Board and its 18 working committees. To join this news list, send a blank
email message to
<a href="mailto:bana-announce-subscribe@brailleauthority.org">
<font color="#0000FF">bana-announce-subscribe@brailleauthority.org</a>
</font> and follow the directions in the confirmation email that will be
sent in response. You can also follow BANA on Facebook and Twitter!
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For additional resource information, 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. </i></blockquote></body>
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