[Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Adopts Unified English Braille (UEB) for United States

Fri Nov 9 19:51:42 EST 2012

Yep. American Printing House for the Blind has The Braille Code, a
Guide to Grade Three by Ruth Hayden. It's a good book for learning.

On 11/9/12, Marda <marda-pianist at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Speaking of grade three, I have a student who wants to learn it but I can't
>
> find anyone who has any materials for it.  Do you have any ideas?  Thanks.
> Marda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leena Dawes" <leena.salim at gmail.com>
> To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy"
> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Adopts Unified
> English Braille (UEB) for United States
>
>
>> For those not using notetakers to read, the parentheses David
>> mentioned are dot 5 gh-sign or 1-2-6 for the opening parenthesis and
>> dot 5 ar-sign or dots 3-4-5 for the closing one. I can certainly
>> appreciate the unification of codes with other countries. I just think
>> some of those contractions like ation saved a lot of space and books
>> will become more expensive to braille and more bulky. The same problem
>> applies with two-cel punctuation symbols. It will probably be easy to
>> learn. It just seems to defeat some of the purpose of being able to
>> read it at the first touch. I think I'll go to Grade 3 even more
>> heavily. LOL.
>>
>> On 11/9/12, Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>> Walking into the wrong bathroom brings up a funny thing that happened to
>>>
>>> me
>>> at a Braille convention.  I was asked to escort a blind lady into the
>>> ladies
>>> room and while she and I were chatting I inadvertently escorted us both
>>> into
>>> the mens room instead.  We went ahead with our business not even
>>> noticing
>>> until a man walked in and saw us.  He quipped, "Looks like we have the
>>> blind
>>> leading the blind!"
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Is there a difference between grade 2 and UEB? I guess I've never seen
>>>> UEB...
>>>> And I totally agree with the need for Braille, I find it interesting
>>>> the
>>>> statistic NFB gives that the job employment among the blind is equal to
>>>> the Braille literacy.
>>>> I'm not a very fast Braille reader, but I have no idea where I would be
>>>> without Braille. I use it in every day life all the time without
>>>> thinking
>>>> about it. It has saved me from walking into the wrong bathroom many
>>>> times!
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Kaiti Shelton
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 7:44 AM
>>>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Adopts Unified
>>>> English Braille (UEB) for United States
>>>>
>>>> The real point is, if we can get more people reading braille, it's
>>>> more important than the specific code they're reading.  This seems to
>>>> be one of those rare cases where quantity is more important than
>>>> quality, at least in terms of the type of code.  Don't take that to
>>>> mean quality of braille knowledge, but as long as someone is literate
>>>> in braille in some form, I think it is more important than harping on
>>>> whether they read grade 2 or UEBC.  Personally, like many people, I
>>>> can see myself favoring grade 2 because it's what I have been reading
>>>> since I learned how, but as long as I can still read my files from
>>>> Bookshare, Web Braille, etc, I don't really mind which code is the
>>>> official one, or which one others read as long as they're reading it.
>>>>
>>>> Thank goodness music braille hasn't been changed though.  Just as an
>>>> interesting tidbit, my theory and aural skills instructor has taught
>>>> himself how to produce braille music files using lime and another
>>>> online source, and has even learned a surprising amount of the music
>>>> code itself.  He thinks that in some respects braille music is a more
>>>> efficient system than print music.  Seriously, he is the first person
>>>> I've ever met who thinks of it in that way, which is especially
>>>> surprising because my TVI's wouldn't teach me the code and he just
>>>> picked it up for a student and out of his own interest.
>>>>
>>>> On 11/9/12, Dani L Pagador <axs.brl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Everyone.
>>>>> Look here for more info re UEBC.
>>>>> <http://www.iceb.org/ueb.html>
>>>>> I don't have any thoughts one way or the other. I'll learn whatever I
>>>>> need
>>>>> to to keep reading and doing and being. I don't think changes are
>>>>> immediate,
>>>>> so this gives everyone, including me, an opportunity to adjust.
>>>>> More Later,
>>>>> Dani
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf
>>>>> Of
>>>>> Jared Rimer, MENVI webmaster
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 7:42 PM
>>>>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>>>>> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Adopts Unified
>>>>> English
>>>>> Braille (UEB) for United States
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>> A lot of you may have seen this already, but I'm interested in your
>>>>> thoughts.  This press release was sent on the fourth of November,
>>>>> dealing
>>>>> with UEB for the United States.  I am interested in your thoughts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> Subject: [BANA-Announce] BANA Adopts Unified English Braille (UEB)
>>>>> for
>>>>> United States
>>>>> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 01:20:08 +0000
>>>>> From: <Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org>
>>>>> To: <BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> //
>>>>>
>>>>> *Press Release*
>>>>>
>>>>> *November 2012*
>>>>>
>>>>> **
>>>>>
>>>>> *For Immediate Release*
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> CONTACT: Frances Mary D'Andrea, Chair
>>>>>
>>>>> Braille Authority of North America
>>>>>
>>>>> Phone: 412-521-5797
>>>>>
>>>>> Email: literacy2 at mindspring.com <mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> **
>>>>>
>>>>> *BANA Adopts Unified English Braille (UEB) for United States*
>>>>>
>>>>> On November 2, 2012, the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) set
>>>>>
>>>>> a
>>>>> new
>>>>> course for the future of braille in the United States (U.S.) when it
>>>>> adopted
>>>>> Unified English Braille (UEB). The motion, which passed decisively,
>>>>> specifies that UEB will eventually replace the current English Braille
>>>>> American Edition and that the U.S. will retain the Nemeth Code for
>>>>> Mathematics and Science Notation.
>>>>>
>>>>> The transition to UEB will not be immediate and will follow a
>>>>> carefully
>>>>> crafted timeline. Implementation plans will be formulated with the
>>>>> input
>>>>> and
>>>>> participation of stakeholders from the consumer, education,
>>>>> rehabilitation,
>>>>> transcription, and production communities. Plans will take into
>>>>> consideration the various aspects of creating, teaching, learning, and
>>>>> using
>>>>> braille in a wide variety of settings. The plans will be designed to
>>>>> provide
>>>>> workable transitions for all involved in braille use and production
>>>>> and
>>>>> to
>>>>> minimize disruption for current braille readers.
>>>>>
>>>>> UEB is based on the current literary braille code and was developed
>>>>> with
>>>>> input from many people, primarily braille readers, who worked to
>>>>> achieve
>>>>> an
>>>>> optimal balance among many key factors. Those factors include keeping
>>>>> the
>>>>> general-purpose literary code as its base, allowing the addition of
>>>>> new
>>>>> symbols, providing flexibility for change as print changes, reducing
>>>>> the
>>>>> complexity of rules, and allowing greater accuracy in back
>>>>> translation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Letters and numbers will stay the same as they are in the current
>>>>> literary
>>>>> code. There will be some changes to punctuation, but most will remain
>>>>> the
>>>>> same. Some rules for the use of contractions will change.
>>>>> Nine contractions will be eliminated, and some contractions will be
>>>>> used
>>>>> more often. A FAQ providing more detail about changes is available on
>>>>> the
>>>>> BANA website.
>>>>>
>>>>> After implementation, the official braille codes for the United States
>>>>> will
>>>>> be /Unified English Braille/; /Nemeth Code for Mathematics and Science
>>>>> Notation, 1972 Revision/ and published updates; /Music Braille Code,
>>>>> 1997/;
>>>>> and /The IPA Braille Code, 2008/.
>>>>>
>>>>> More detailed information about UEB and the motion that BANA passed
>>>>> can
>>>>> be
>>>>> found on the BANA website at www.brailleauthority.org
>>>>> <http://www.brailleauthority.org/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> /The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from fifteen
>>>>> member
>>>>> organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and
>>>>> consumers./
>>>>>
>>>>> //
>>>>>
>>>>> /The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority of North America are
>>>>> to
>>>>> assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of
>>>>> braille
>>>>> and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes and facilitates the use,
>>>>> teaching,
>>>>> and production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets, and renders
>>>>> opinions pertaining to braille in all existing codes. It deals with
>>>>> codes
>>>>> now in existence or to be developed in the future, in collaboration
>>>>> with
>>>>> other countries using English braille. In exercising its function and
>>>>> authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions on other
>>>>> existing
>>>>> braille codes and formats; the ease of production by various methods;
>>>>> and
>>>>> acceptability to readers. /
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kaiti
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