[nfbcs] Klingon Braille code

Mon Apr 1 01:47:43 UTC 2019

This is double-edged clever...clever as an April Fools joke and clever as a
real project. Nicely done.

   Ryan

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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Klingon Braille code

Good catch but all the same it is a fully useful Braille code. You can In
fact write the Klingon language in it. 

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> On Mar 31, 2019, at 5:50 PM, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> I Love this!  But I take note of the date.
> Tracy
> 
> 
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> Subject: [nfbcs] Klingon Braille code
> 
> PRESS RELEASE
> 
> 
> Klingon Braille code introduced
> 
> Perth, Australia
> April 1, 2019
> 
> The Commonwealth Braille and Talking Book Cooperative is pleased to 
> offer today (01 April 2019) our latest in the development of Braille 
> codes for minor languages. The Klingon Braille will permit the writing 
> of the Klingon language in Braille and will aid in the education of 
> those who are blind in learning written Klingon.
> 
> To facilitate ease in learning the Klingon braille code, the code has, 
> as much as possible, tried to match its symbols to Braille patterns  
> with which a new learner of the code is already familiar. Given the 
> combative nature of Klingon culture it would seem to be a safe 
> assumption that blindness, acquired in battle, is a common condition in
the population.
> 
> The aim has been to develop a code that follows a logical pattern, and 
> is easy to both learn and reproduce.
> 
> The complete description of the Klingon Braille code can be found 
> online at https://www.cbtbc.org/braille/klingon/
> 
> History of the Klingon language
> 
> The Klingon language, sometimes called Klingonese, is the constructed 
> language spoken by the fictional Klingons in the Star Trek universe.
> 
> Described in the 1985 book The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand and 
> deliberately designed to sound "alien", it has a number of 
> typologically uncommon features. The language's basic sound, along 
> with a few words, was first devised by actor James Doohan ("Scotty") 
> and producer Jon Povill for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. That film 
> marked the first time the language had been heard on screen. Klingon 
> was developed by Okrand into a full fledged language.
> 
> The Klingon language has no notion of upper and lower case letters, 
> nor does it employ any form of punctuation. Sentences are written on 
> centre justified lines one under the other.
> 
> For more information visit The Klingon Language Institute
> (https://www.kli.org)
> 
> History of Braille
> 
> Braille is named after its creator, Frenchman Louis Braille, who 
> became blind as a result of a childhood accident. At the age of 15, 
> Braille developed his code for the French alphabet in 1824 as an 
> improvement on night writing used by the French army of the time. He 
> published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in
1829.
> 
> Today Braille is an international standard for tactile reading. 
> Braille codes have been developed for most languages having a written 
> form. Braille literacy and education is important for developing 
> reading skills among blind and visually impaired children. Braille 
> literacy directly correlates with higher employment rates in this
population.
> 
> About the Commonwealth Braille and Talking Book Cooperative
> 
> The Commonwealth Braille & Talking Book Cooperative (CBTBC) is 
> intended to promote the collaboration and sharing of resources among 
> the Braille and talking book libraries of the Commonwealth and other 
> interested institutions. Central to this collaboration is the sharing 
> of Braille and talking books between our respective institutions so as 
> to benefit the blind, vision impaired and print disabled of the 
> Commonwealth. For more information visit https://www.cbtbc.org/
> 
> ----------END----------
> 
> Commonwealth Braille & Talking Book Cooperative #320, 185-911 Yates 
> Street Victoria, BC V8V 4Y9 CANADA
> Email: info at cbtbc.org
> Web: www.cbtbc.org
> 
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> UNITED STATES
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