[BlindMath] BlindMath Digest, Vol 158, Issue 1

[Maylene Bird]

If you want information about Braille and math, make sure you get an
opinion from a mathematician familiar with the needs for math notation.


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> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:56:13 +0000
> From: Corinne Gilliam <corinne.gilliam at belmont.edu>
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> Subject: [BlindMath] UEB vs EBAE materials
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> Hi there, what is the difference between UEB and EBAE braille codes?  Are
> all users able to read the new UEB code or is it completely different than
> EBAE code?
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> Thanks, Corinne
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> Corinne Gilliam
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> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:00:56 -0400
> From: Daniel Gillen <daniel.l.gillen at gmail.com>
> To: Corinne Gilliam via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] UEB vs EBAE materials
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> Dear Corinne,
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> As someone who has just received certification in Literary Braille
> Transcribing with the Library of Congress, I can say that EBAE (English
> Braille American Edition) is the Braille code that was in use in the U.S.
> before 2016, and so is being phased out in favor of UEB. In other words,
> the Braille that most of us who went to school between the 1980s and early
> 2010s grew up reading and are familiar with. UEB (Unified English Braille)
> was developed by a group of representatives from over a half dozen
> English-speaking countries to reconcile various differences between
> conventions used in these countries, while at the same time accommodating
> math and other technical notation without needing to change to a
> specialized code. Of course we on the BlindMath listserv have different
> viewpoints, as well as follow different state- and region-specific
> guidelines about whether Nemeth or UEB math should be used for math
> notation. To answer your question about whether those who grew up reading
> EBAE can read UEB, the codes aren't radically different at the surface as
> far as literary Braille is concerned. The most common punctuation marks are
> unchanged except for those which enclose material (parentheses, brackets,
> braces), nine contractions used in EBAE are dropped in UEB, and there is a
> whole host of currency symbols besides $ included in this code, among other
> differences. So it may be quite an adjustment for some people not used to
> seeing opposite-facing, two-cell symbols for parentheses, or seeing that
> all the dot 6 and unspaced-from-next-word contractions are eliminated. In
> summary, as far as math is concerned, any EBAE material will use Nemeth for
> math notation with EBAE as the base code for text. Hopefully that helps.
>
> Thank you,
> DanielOn Sep 10, 2019 9:56 AM, Corinne Gilliam via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there, what is the difference between UEB and EBAE braille codes??
> Are all users able to read the new UEB code or is it completely different
> than EBAE code?
> >
> > Thanks, Corinne
> >
> > Corinne Gilliam
> > Coordinator of Student Support & Disability Services
> > Dean of Students Office
> > Beaman Student Life Center, Suite 200
> > Phone: (615) 460-6407
> > Fax: (615) 460-6497
> > www.belmont.edu/disability<http://www.belmont.edu/disability>
> >
> > Belmont University
> > 1900 Belmont Boulevard? |? Nashville, TN 37212
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> http://webelieve.belmont.edu/>
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