Utilizing Braille Technology to Assist In the Transition
to
Unified English Braille
Greg Stilson, HumanWare Product Manager,
Blindness Products
greg.stilson@humanware.com
As the United States prepares to officially make the switch to the
Unified English Braille (UEB) code, teachers across the country have already
started to implement this transition with their students and the technology that
they use. When the official switch date was announced as January 2016,
many teachers and students immediately began searching for reference
materials, guides and tutorials to support this transition. Today, the Braille
Authority of North America (BANA) has a wealth of information available such
as the UEB Reader, and the ABC's of UEB, both found at:
http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb.html
In addition such organizations as Perkins offer links to UEB transition
resources found at:
http://www.perkinselearning.org/scout/unified-english-braille-ueb
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