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<h1><b><a name="_GoBack"></a>Press
Release</b></h1><a name="_GoBack"></a><br>
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June 22, 2015<br><br>
For Immediate Release<br>
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Contact: Jennifer Dunnam, Chair<br>
Braille Authority of North America<br>
612-767-5658<br>
<a href="mailto:chair@brailleauthority.org">chair@brailleauthority.org</a>
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<h1><b>BANA Approves Seven Updates to the Nemeth Code</b></h1><br><br>
The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has approved seven updates
to the Nemeth Code. All seven are effective immediately. Details of the
approved updates are posted on the Mathematics and Science page of the
BANA website at
<a href="http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/www.brailleauthority.org?p=eyJzIjoiN0FlNjBiQmpxc1E3NV9kZWNvcGNaVVpHVEJ3IiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDQ4OTk3NSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyYWlsbGVhdXRob3JpdHkub3JnXFxcL21hdGhzY2llbmNlXFxcL21hdGgtc2NpZW5jZS5odG1sI3VwZGF0ZXNcXFwvXCIsXCJpZFwiOlwiZmViZmUwM2EwM2ZiNDFkOGE5ZDE2NmRlZWQ4NWRlYmZcIixcInVybF9pZHNcIjpbXCJlMDVjNGFlZWIxOWFlNTJhZGE0OGMzNTQ4MThkZjk2MTY4YzBkMWI0XCJdfSJ9">
http://www.brailleauthority.org/mathscience/math-science.html#updates/</a>
. The seven rulings are summarized below.<br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Orientation §4c: Technical and
Non-Technical Texts </b></h2><br><br>
BANA recommends that a transcriber’s note be inserted on the
Transcriber’s Notes page of any braille volume containing tactile
graphics. This transcriber’s note should indicate that the graphics
were produced in accordance with the <i>Guidelines for Tactile Graphics,
2010</i>. Details of this update are available at the above link on the
BANA website.<br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Rule IV §26: Use of the English Letter
Indicator </b></h2><br><br>
BANA has ruled that in uncontracted braille, the English Letter Indicator
is used or not used according to the rules of the Nemeth Code. Insert the
phrase “in contracted and/or uncontracted braille” to the existing
language on page 29 in the Nemeth Code book. The complete updated <b>Rule
IV §26 </b>is provided at the above link on the BANA website. <br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Rule XVII §119: Function Names and Their
Abbreviations </b></h2><br><br>
BANA has approved a correction to the 2007 Nemeth Update because a
fraction indicator does not require an empty cell following it. This
correction removes the space following the fraction in Example (7) on
page 122 in the Nemeth Code book. The complete correction is available at
the above link on the BANA website. <br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Rule XIX §134: Signs and Symbols of
Operation </b></h2><br><br>
This update adds the <b>Minus Followed by Minus Symbol</b>. When two
minus signs follow one another in an expression, a multipurpose indicator
is inserted to indicate that they are not compounded vertically. BANA has
approved the “minus followed by minus” symbol,<b> -"- </b>(3-6,
5, 3-6). The details of this update are posted at the above link on the
BANA website.<br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Rule XXII: Miscellaneous Signs and Symbols
</b></h2><br><br>
This update adds the <b>Per Mille Symbol, </b>, meaning “per
thousand” to the Nemethh Code. This symbol is based on the percent sign
(per hundred). Details of this update are provided at the above link on
the BANA website.<br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Rule XXIV §184: Spatial Arrangements
</b></h2><br><br>
This update rules that in a system of equations preceded by an enlarged
grouping sign, the numeric indicator is not required before the first
numeric character in the equations. The following statement is added to
the end of the paragraph on page 183 in the Nemeth Code book: “The
numeric indicator is not required before the first numeric character in
the expressions.” The complete update is available at the above link on
the BANA website. <br><br>
<h2><b>Nemeth Code Update to Rule VIII §54: Spacing with
Abbreviations</b></h2><br><br>
BANA has ruled that for consistency in the presentation of abbreviations
in technical material, when a system of equations is preceded by an
enlarged grouping sign, the numeric indicator is not required before the
first numeric character in the equations. The following statement is to
be added to the end of the paragraph on page 183 of the Nemeth Code book:
“If the abbreviation is preceded by a cancellation indicator and
followed by a terminator, the required spaces come before the
cancellation indicator and after the terminator.”<br><br>
The complete update is provided at the above link on the BANA
website. <br>
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Andrews and long white cane Harry.<br>
E-Mail: dandrews@visi.com or david.andrews@nfbnet.org<br>
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