[duxuser] Re: Seasonal Greetings
- From: "Carmela Morrison" <lawrence2929@xxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:31:52 -0500
Merry Christmas and prosperous 2015, to all my friends.
Carmela Morrison
---- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 10:21 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Seasonal Greetings
It's that time of year again when many of us close the office door for a week
or more, and relax while someone works hard cooking up a feast. So please let
me wish you all the very best if you are celebrating the festive season.
Having travelled quite extensively over the past years, I know that many of
you Internationally will still be working, and my best wishes go to you as well.
I'd also like to say a heartfelt "Thank you" to those whose ideas and
thoughts have helped in the development of new features and improvements in
DBT. Hopefully others will have benefitted from your input.
And of course the current major challenge is the on-going implementation of
Unified English Braille (EUB). It has been, or in in the process of being,
implemented in almost all countries where English is the first language. Many
other countries where it is a second language are also considering the move to
UEB where, finally, there will be a common standard for English literary
braille.
Many may think that the use of braille is declining. Far from it. It's use
is simply changing. We don't all like bulky volumes, preferring to listen at
leisure. However, there are some subjects where braille is proving to be
almost essential. Learning mathematics is just one, and I'm happy to say that
where some countries have never taught math to blind children, this is not
becoming a reality thanks to thousands of hours of work by Duxbury, plus many
helpful people and companies.
The braille calendar, distributed on the list recently, is another example
where braille is a far more convenient means of looking up dates quickly.
So wherever you are, may I wish you all the very best for what most of us
know as 2015.
George Bell.
(from the U.K.)
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