Hi Subramani, I would like to add some points on this subject which I gathered during my recent research on Braille while working on SAFA. 1. Today Bharati Braille is the most recognised standard for all Indian languages. In this standard a syllable is always represented by explicitly writing the consonants and vowels one after the other. Ligatures are therefore eliminated. This approach had been adopted to maintain uniformity with English braille. 2. Bharati Braille retains all the basic conventions relating to the representation of numerals, punctuation and special symbols just as in standard English Braille. 3. In Bharati Braille there is no concept of line as in English Braille. 4. The biggest disadvantage of current Braille standard is that there is no way of identify language when language switch occurs in the multilingual texts. The context is sensed from the text itself. 5. Bharati Braille assigns the cells to the basic sounds of the Indian languages in a manner where vowels and consonants that find direct equivalents in English are given the same representation as in English.
To get more information you can refer to "Bharati Braille Shishak" book written by Swaran Ahuja. At present it is most recognised book on Bharati Braille. Contact NAB mumbai to order this book. You can also attend "Status of Braille in Asia Region" conference to be held on 22-23 December in New Delhi. Contact AICB, Delhi to get programme details. Thanks, Saurabh Malav You can On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Amiyo Biswas <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I forgot to add my opinion of these codes. I learned all these three codes > at school for reading old braille books at the school library. Shah braille > and new braille were easy to learn since both followed definite patterns. > Bharati braille does not follow any symmetry or pattern. It is difficult to > learn as compared with other braille codes. But the greatest advantage of > Bharati braille is that since it is based on phonetics, and it is used in > all Indian languages, I can read Hindi and Asamese using the same braille > script. The other advantage is that it makes things easy also when we learn > English braille. > > Best regards, > > Amiyo Biswas. > > Cell: +91-9433464329 > Skype ID: amiyo11 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:44 AM > Subject: [AI] braille in different languages > > > > Hai folks: > > > > I need information on how Braille scripts are different in different > > languages, how the writing pattern changes and how easy or difficult it > > is for a V I person to write the scripts? Pl enlighten me. > > > > Subramani > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
