Daniel Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > Why not? Surely they would have consulted the UEB rules documentation > when implementing this braille code on the device?
They would have consulted it, but that's not the same as implementing it correctly - people make mistakes sometimes, especially if they did it by modifying pre-existing rules for English Grade II braille. > > > http://www.iceb.org/ueb.html > > Thanks, unfortunately I don't have a lot of time to go through this > although took a quick glance... So I guess it's up to Dave: rely on the > info I've provided or others can provide, and commit, or leave it until > I or someone else has time to read through the braille rules! Someone does need to check those rules, I think. > > > I don't use UEBC, so I can't help any further. > > Jason, didn't Australia adopt this as our nashinal code though? How are > you keeping up to date with braille books and other braille material you > may receive? Surely this would be an important code for a blind > Australian resident to know? I don't receive any books from braille-producing organizations at the moment, Australian or otherwise. When was the last time I read a book or article in braille that I didn't produce myself from an electronic file? I can't remember... I read all of the UEBC reports when they were issued, but I don't like the code, I opposed its adoption, and since I'm responsible for the translation of most of the braille I read, I'm really not affected by it. Abraham Nemeth has just published a new code, NUBS, which covers "literary" braille, mathematics and computer notation in a single, uniform system. It's especially good for mathematics, and it would be wonderful if BRLTTY could implement relevant parts of it. (I wish I had time to work on it.) Details are here: http://www.braille2000.com/brl2000/nubs2.htm This avoids a lot of the unnecessary verbosity of UEBC; it doesn't involve any deletion of Grade II contractions; it provides a very elegant notation for mathematics, similar to the 1972 Nemeth code, and it represents the print notation unambiguously. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
