[Nfbf-l] FW: [napub] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] Survey on Quotation Marks & Apostrophes in UEB

[Tekesha Saffold]

I will forward this information 

Thanks,


Tekesha Safold 

> On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Camille Tate via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> For all Braille users in Florida. 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> Camille Tate 
> 
> Board Member, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter 
> 
> Board Member, National Federation of the Blind, FL 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [napub] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] Survey on Quotation Marks &
> Apostrophes in UEB
> 
> 
>> 
>> The UEB Code Maintenance Committee is seeking opinions on a possible 
>> change to the representation of single quotation marks and apostrophes in
> UEB.
>> 
>> An explanatory document (in print and braille) and survey link are 
>> located on the ICEB home page at www.iceb.org.
>> 
>> Please spread the word of the survey through your local listservs, 
>> social media, newsletters, meetings and word-of-mouth.
>> 
>> It is important that we reach as many people as possible. Adults who 
>> read a lot of electronic braille, adults who read mainly hard copy 
>> braille, teachers of children learning braille and braille transcribers 
>> are all likely to hold different opinions and their voices need to be 
>> heard. Moreover, there is a big difference in the predominance of 
>> single quotation marks in print across countries.
>> 
>> The survey will be open for the month of June.
>> 
>> The Code Maintenance Committee (CMC) of the International Council on 
>> English Braille (ICEB) would like your input on possible changes to the 
>> braille representation of single quotation marks and the apostrophe to 
>> facilitate translation and reading on electronic braille devices. The 
>> explanatory document gives an explanation of the problem and the 
>> options under consideration. (Thanks to James Bowden, UK, and Leona 
>> Holloway, Australia, for their work on this.)
>> 
>> After reading the information, please complete the survey at
>> 
>> www.surveymonkey.com/r/UEB-apostrophe [1]
>> 
>> to indicate your preference. The CMC will use the results of the survey 
>> to guide their decision on this issue.
>> 
>> The survey will be available until the end of June. If necessary, this 
>> time frame may be extended.
>> 
>> Please share this message with any colleagues who may be interested 
>> (with apologies for all the cross-postings I hope this will generate).
>> 
>> Thanks for your attention to this issue.
>> 
>> With best regards,
>> 
>> Phyllis Landon
>> ICEB Code Maintenance Officer
>> 
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] http://webmail.anchor.net.au/www.surveymonkey.com/r/UEB-apostrophe
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