This announcement just hot off the press! I’ll send more BANA news soon. Please stay tuned! Mary Nelle McLennan AER Representative to BANA mary.nelle@earthlink.net <>Publication Announcement Pre-Publication Release of Braille Formats, 2016 Now Available on BANA Website! March 1, 2017 For Immediate Release The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is pleased to announce that Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016 is now available on the BANA website as printable PDF files and 40-cell BRF files. Both the PDF and the BRF are downloadable at http://www.brailleauthority.org/formats/formats2016.html <http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/www.brailleauthority.org?p=eyJzIjoiX2pLMG5vSEJVM0wxR3lYLUhVX3Zkd2VtMVVFIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDQ4OTk3NSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyYWlsbGVhdXRob3JpdHkub3JnXFxcL2Zvcm1hdHNcXFwvZm9ybWF0czIwMTYuaHRtbFwiLFwiaWRcIjpcIjZiZGRhMTllMTRlNzRiZDdhNjQxZjFlYjI4NjU5OWVlXCIsXCJ1cmxfaWRzXCI6W1wiYWRjYzA2OWVlYzgyYmQzMmY1MmFiNzFjMDk2OGU2ODNmOGI2YTA0YlwiXX0ifQ>. This revision of Braille Formats aligns BANA’s braille formatting guidelines with Unified English Braille (UEB). BANA is providing this pre-publication release while the enhanced PDF and the HTML versions are being completed. Hard copy print and braille with be produced and sold by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) at a later date. BANA is grateful to its Braille Formats Committee for their diligent work in making this revision a reality. We especially thank Cindi Laurent, Committee Chair, and Clovernook’s Saul Garza, Board Liaison to the committee, for their tireless work and dedication. The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from sixteen member organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and consumers. For more information, visit www.brailleauthority.org <http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/www.brailleauthority.org?p=eyJzIjoiSG5tSmlvUVY4VUs5Qm53MGduUy1UREoxaHljIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDQ4OTk3NSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyYWlsbGVhdXRob3JpdHkub3JnXCIsXCJpZFwiOlwiNmJkZGExOWUxNGU3NGJkN2E2NDFmMWViMjg2NTk5ZWVcIixcInVybF9pZHNcIjpbXCJjZGZmNmE4YTZjYmJjYWY5ZGQxMWY0ODI0MzYzNDA0ZDQxNWMwYTAzXCJdfSJ9> Contact: Jennifer Dunnam, Chair Braille Authority of North America 612-767-5658 chair@brailleauthority.org <mailto:chair@brailleauthority.org>