[ddots-l] Re: grade 2 braille
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 01:47:29 +0100
A pair of masculine, delicate and circular things come to
mind here.
George.
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William
R. McCann
Sent: 03 June 2006 01:43
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: grade 2 braille
Just to keep things interesting, the Braille Authority of
North America decided last year, I believe it was, that the
term "uncontracted braille" should replace the term "Grade 1
braille" and "contracted braille" should replace "Grade 2"
braille!
One of the results of that decision is now any blind guy who
wants to read the text of his employment agreement in
braille can read an uncontracted contract!
Right, this message comes under the "Eschew Obfuscation"
category!
Bill
P. S. Anybody else old enough to remember Grade 3 braille?
P. P. S. In an attempt to bring this thread just slightly
back on topic, our GOODFEEL Braille Music Translator can
produce uncontracted or contracted English braille. It
ships with .ini files which a knowledgeable user can revise
to build his own "poor man's" literary braille translator.
It'll never be Duxbury but it works fairly well.
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