I thought we would still use nemeth code for scientific and math notation. On 10/6/14, Jean Menzies via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know about earlier versions of Jaws, but using Jaws 15, you can set > > Jaws to translate in either English braille which is the normal old US > braille, or change to UEB. This is under braille settings, advanced, > General, Translation. > > Jean > -----Original Message----- > From: Kane Brolin via Jfw > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 6:59 AM > To: Dennis Clark ; The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: UEB Braille > > On 10/5/14, Dennis Clark via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> In your post, you mentioned UEB Braille. What is UEB Braille, and will >> Jaws >> be supporting it in some way? > > Dennis, I cannot speak to future features of JAWS and do not work for > Freedom Scientific. I just am a fellow user and member of this list. > > But UEB stands for Unified English Braille. It is a new standard in > Braille production that is coming to North America, as per a ruling > made a couple of years ago by the Braille Authority of North America. > The UEB code is meant to accommodate literary, scientific, > mathematical, and computer notation--all in one system. You can read > about specifications for the new code at > http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb.html, from where you can get a > book called "The ABCs Of UEB" by Constance Risjord. Sounds as if all > of us who are dedicated to using Braille will need to get onboard with > this in the next couple of years, as more and more publications become > transcribed in this format. > > Kind regards, > > -Kane > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >
-- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
