I would strongly suggest that before anyone formulate an opinion one way or the other on the UEBC, that they look at it closely, particularly as regards mathematics. One-on-one representation witha braille display will also be tricky, since UEBC does not provide for it and so very many symbols would look completely different from their multi-cell, or in the case of the decimal point, even their single-cell counterparts.
Bruce -- Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Tim Noonan wrote:
While I don't profess to be at all an expert on the subject, One of the strengths of the UEB is to ensure that reverse translation of braille from Grade 2ASCII is more accurate and reliable. Since we get quite a few complaints about the confusion of some back translation on devices like the BookPort, it seems that Software support of UEB would, indeed, be a positive move. Tim Tim Noonan Tim Noonan Consulting Pty Ltd: Excellence in Accessibility and Usability +61 419 779 669 tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype:TimNoonan www.timnoonan.com.au -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diana Brent Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:06 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Consider supporting UEB In my job as a teacher (primarily in the use of access technology to braille-using students) I work with braille in a lot of different ways--qwerty and braille keyboard input, for foreign languages, math and science, with notetakers and computers. I have a grade 9 student who is doing all of his math on a notetaker/calculator with braille display who is able to print all of his work for his teachers without having it interlined. After several discussions and looking at the UEB code, I sincerely hope we do not adopt it in Canada. It will be a pain, very expensive, and weaken rather than strengthen the push for the use of braille in schools. this issue has already fractured the blind community. Diana
