[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: Message from The Hadley School: United States Adopts Unified English Braille Code
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:23:58 -0500
Him. I don't know I want to see it first.
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On Nov 8, 2012, at 6:23 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, fellow Braille readers, what do you make of this? Regards, Kim
> Friedman.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Dicey [mailto:adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 2:35 PM
> To: NFB Florida List Group
> Subject: Message from The Hadley School: United States Adopts Unified
> English Braille Code
>
>
> Dear Friends,
> Passing this message from The Hadley School For the Blind along to you.
> With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida
>
> Dear Students,
> On November 2, 2012, the Braille Authority of North America voted to
> adopt
> the Unified English Braille Code (UEB) thus joining all other
> English-speaking countries in the adoption of this code. UEB will
> eventually
> replace the current uncontracted and contracted braille code (English
> Braille American Edition or EBAE). The U.S. will continue to use the
> Nemeth
> Code for Mathematics and Science Notation. UEB is based on the current
> uncontracted and contracted braille code. Letters and numbers will stay
> the
> same as they are in the current literary code. UEB eliminates only 9 of
> the
> 189 contractions and adds no new contractions. UEB simplifies some
> rules,
> changes a few punctuation marks, and introduces a few new signs like the
>
> bullet symbol for making lists.
> If you are a Hadley student enrolled in one of our many braille classes,
> you
> may wonder whether you should continue learning uncontracted or
> contracted
> braille. The answer is clearly "yes." First, transition plans will have
> to
> be developed and then an orderly transition to UEB will take place. This
>
> will take several years. Until the U.S. has a transition plan, teachers
> and
> rehabilitation personnel will continue to teach the current code.
> Braille
> reading children and adults will continue to learn and read the current
> code, and braille books, magazines and other materials will continue to
> be
> produced in EBAE.
> Even after the plan is adopted, all the braille books already produced
> will
> still be in circulation for many years to come. Once we have a
> transition
> plan, you will be able to learn to read UEB without difficulty if you
> know
> contracted braille and you will be able to quickly learn to write UEB.
> The
> time that you spend now to thoroughly learn contracted braille will make
> it
> easier to learn UEB later. To this end, all EBAE errors in your Hadley
> braille courses will continue to be marked as incorrect.
> We will take this code change in stride. Longtime braille readers,
> teachers
> and transcribers know that there have been regular changes to the
> literary
> braille code. The last code change was in December 2007 and Hadley
> updated
> our braille courses to incorporate these changes. What is different
> about
> UEB is that this particular code change also comes with a name change.
> Rest
> assured that Hadley already has plans in the works to teach UEB to
> braille
> readers as well as sighted professionals and family members. If you have
> not
> yet signed up at www.hadley.edu for eConnect, you may wish to do so.
> You'll
> receive emailed announcements of our seminars and new courses. The
> Hadley School for the Blind 700 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL 60093 Toll Free
> Telephone: 800-323-4238 www.hadley.edu
>
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