[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: Message from The Hadley School: United States Adopts Unified English Braille Code
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:30:18 -0500
Braille takes up space as if it doesn't need help. We shall see what we shall
see
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On Nov 8, 2012, at 11:21 PM, "Sandi Ryan" <sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not particularly happy about it. I don't think it's necessary to get rid
> of signs or change punctuation. But I'm old enough that I've known Braille
> for a long time. It has changed over the years, in small ways, and in big
> ways. And each time I haven't been happy about the change, but I've adapted
> and used whatever system comes along. I will continue to do so.
>
> My understanding is that textbooks will change quite a bit starting just
> after the new year this year. But literary Braille is still being worked on,
> so as Hadley said, it will be some time before the changes are made.
>
> I believe UEB will make Braille unnecessarily take up more space. But
> perhaps, in the day of technology, this isn't as important as it once was.
>
> Sandi
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Lynn I'" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Constance
> Griesmer'" <lake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'weatherjunky @dslextreme.com'"
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> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:23 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] FW: Message from The Hadley School: United States
> Adopts Unified English Braille Code
>
>
>> Well, fellow Braille readers, what do you make of this? Regards, Kim
>> Friedman.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alan Dicey [mailto:adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 2:35 PM
>> To: NFB Florida List Group
>> Subject: Message from The Hadley School: United States Adopts Unified
>> English Braille Code
>>
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>> Passing this message from The Hadley School For the Blind along to you.
>> With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida
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