[nfbcs] Klingon Braille code

Mon Apr 1 03:58:12 UTC 2019

Hello:
What an interesting idea. I'm wondering if Duxbury Braille translator would ever support transcribing to and from Braille Klingon? [Smily face ear to ear emoji] 

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> On Mar 31, 2019, at 6:49 PM, Ryan Stevens via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is double-edged clever...clever as an April Fools joke and clever as a
> real project. Nicely done.
> 
>   Ryan
> 
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> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Greg Kearney via nfbcs
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 9:25 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Greg Kearney <gkearney at gmail.com>
> 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. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg 
>> Kearney via nfbcs
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 5:24 PM
>> To: Vip Vip-l; Elise Lonsdale
>> Cc: Greg Kearney
>> 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
>> 
>> U.S. Address
>> 2219 Melholland Road
>> Lawrence, KS 66047
>> UNITED STATES
>> 
>> 
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