[SC-CSTD] FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From The Announcement List of ICEB, The International Council on English Braille: From Rulebook updates

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International Council on English Braille: From Rulebook updates

 

 

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<iceb-announce at groups.io <mailto:iceb-announce at groups.io> > On Behalf Of
Kathy Riessen

 

Following long discussions of the Code Maintenance Committee and the
approval of the ICEB Executive, I am pleased to announce that 3 updated
sections of the Rules of Unified English Braille (2013) have been posted on
the ICEB website, at iceb.org/ueb.html

These changes clarify how and when indicators (just the capital at this
stage) may occur within a longer word containing a shortform, the need for
which followed the approval of DeafBlind (Capital Deaf, capital Blind)  in
2020 as an exception. The updated rules mean that this word is no longer an
exception but falls within the rules.

The updated sections are 2.6 Standing Alone, 10.9 Shortforms and Appendix 1:
Shortforms List.

 

2.6: Previous additions to this sections are included. Section 2.6.4 has
been expanded and reworded and 2.6.5 has been added to clarify standing
alone for non-alphabetic symbols such as punctuation.

 

10.9: New sections 10.9.4 relates to words with an interior capitals
indicator or terminator, 10.9.5 clarifying the addition of "s" or
"apostrophe s" to shortform words; 10.9.6-10.9.9 give greater clarification
with regards to avoiding confusion with shortforms that was previously
stated. 

 

Appendix 1: The shortforms list has been reworked, adding rules for specific
words where appropriate and removing words which already meet these rules.
Longer words are now listed alphabetically under each shortform. The rules
for list construction which the Code Maintenance Committee must follow when
considering words to be added have been updated to allow for longer words
with interior indicators. 

 

In addition to the above updates: a new symbol has been approved for the
German sharp s, and German capital sharp s. A new section numbered 4.6 has
been approved for addition to the Rulebook.

 

The updated sections can be downloaded in 3 different formats: .brf
(formatted for 30 cells by 25 lines), PDF with Unicode characters for
braille examples, PDF with Simbraille characters for braille examples.

 

There is also a file summarising the Rulebook changes which have occurred
since its 2013 publication.

 

Kathy Riessen

Code Maintenance Officer

 

 

 

David Goldfield,

Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist

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