Dear AER Listers: BANA recently distributed a press release offering braille copies of The UEB Reader, which is a composite of documents from the BANA website. The response to this offer has been overwhelming, which is incredibly gratifying because it indicates that UEB is definitely on everyone's radar. As the press release mentioned, The UEB Reader is provided only in hardcopy braille. We produced this braille compilation of documents and UEB examples from our website after hearing from many adult braille readers who do not have access to a braille display, an embosser, or even a computer. This resource was designed for those readers. Everything it contains is also available on the BANA website, which is www.brailleauthority.org<http://www.brailleauthority.org/>. Kim Charlson has received hundreds of requests for print copies of The UEB Reader. A print copy of this document can be easily produced from a PDF file, which is located on the BANA website. However, if you requested a print copy, you will receive an email that will include a PDF file of The UEB Reader in simbraille. You can then print as many copies as you need. Kim will also send you a BRF file of the document in case you would like to emboss it in braille. Pease keep in mind that The UEB Reader is aimed at the interest and reading level of adults. It was not designed as a resource for children. The BANA website has an example document of the first chapter of The Wizard of Oz that is produced in UEB. It can be downloaded to emboss or use with a refreshable braille display. That may be more appropriate for younger students on your case load. You can also find a UEB version of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech and Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, which may be more appropriate for older students. We will continue to add sample documents to our website, so please check back often. More information about UEB is available on the BANA website at http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb.html. Thank you again for your interest in Unified English Braille! Diane P. Wormsley, Ph. D. Brenda Brodie Endowed Chair Professor of Special Education in Visual Impairment Editor in Chief, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness North Carolina Central University School of Education, H.M. Michaux Building 700 Cecil Street Durham, NC 27707 Phone: 919-530-7693 Fax: 919-530-5353 Email: dwormsley@nccu.edu ________________________________ From: AERNet [aernet-bounces@lists.aerbvi.org] on behalf of Wormsley, Diane P [dwormsley@NCCU.EDU] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 11:57 AM To: personnelprep@lists.aerbvi.org; aernet@lists.aerbvi.org; banachapters@lists.aerbvi.org; division10@lists.aerbvi.org Subject: Re: [AERNet] UEB Reader - Press Release from BANA Thursday, October 16, 2014 6:20 AM [X] Press Release October 15, 2014 For Immediate Release ________________________________ CONTACT: Frances Mary D’Andrea, Chair Braille Authority of North America Phone: 412-521-5797 Email: literacy2@mindspring.com<mailto:literacy2@mindspring.com> BANA Offers New Publication—The UEB Reader The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is pleased to make available The UEB Reader, a resource designed to introduce braille readers to Unified English Braille (UEB). This introductory hardcopy braille booklet incorporates into one document several key resources found on the BANA website. The UEB Reader is available free of charge upon request. The UEB Reader includes content from BANA’s publication, Overview of Changes from Current Literary Braille to UEB, plus several example documents transcribed in UEB for readers to use as practice. This resource was compiled to help current braille readers become more familiar with UEB and to assist braille readers, transcribers, teachers, and families as they make the transition to UEB. To receive a free braille copy of The UEB Reader, contact Kim Charlson at kim.charlson@perkins.org<mailto:kim.charlson@perkins.org> with your name and address for mailing purposes. Requests for the UEB Reader including your name, address, and phone number can also be left on the UEB Information Line at 617-972-7248. NOTE: This press release is available in HTML on the BANA website athttp://www.brailleauthority.org/pressreleases/pr-2014-10-15.htmlt For additional resource information, visit www.brailleauthority.org<http://www.brailleauthority.org> The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from seventeen member organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and consumers. The mission of the Braille Authority of North America is to assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics. The purpose of BANA is to promote and to facilitate the uses, teaching, and production of braille. Pursuant to this purpose, BANA will promulgate rules, make interpretations, and render opinions pertaining to braille codes and guidelines for the provisions of literary and technical materials and related forms and formats of embossed materials now in existence or to be developed in the future for the use of blind persons in North America. When appropriate, BANA shall accomplish these activities in international collaboration with countries using English braille. In exercising its function and authority, BANA shall consider the effects of its decisions on other existing braille codes and guidelines, forms and formats; ease of production by various methods; and acceptability to readers. Diane P. Wormsley, Ph. D. Brenda Brodie Endowed Chair Professor of Special Education in Visual Impairment Editor in Chief, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness North Carolina Central University School of Education, H.M. Michaux Building 700 Cecil Street Durham, NC 27707 Phone: 919-530-7693 Fax: 919-530-5353 Email: dwormsley@nccu.edu ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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