Resources
This list is not comprehensive and is subject to change as more information becomes available.
BANA - Braille Authority of North America
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Brief Description: BANA's purpose is to promote and to facilitate the use, teaching, and production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets and renders opinions pertaining to braille in all existing and future codes.
CTEBVI – California Transcribers and Educators of the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Brief Description: A national organization that began in California of Transcribers, Educators, Parents, Librarians, Paraprofessionals, Exhibitors and Students and many other advocates. Expertise is shared through links on their website, through pages of theCTEBVIJournal, annual conference, and special workshops.
NBPCB – National Blindness Professional Certification Board
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Brief Description: NBPCB administers the National Certification in Unified English Braille exam as a five-year renewable certification.
NBA – National Braille Association
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Brief Description: National organization solely dedicated to theprofessional developmentof braille transcribers. Provide professional development conferences and braille workshops.
NFB – NATIONAL Federation of the blind
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Brief Description: The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute offers courses in literary, mathematics, and music transcribing as well as literary and mathematics proofreading for Libraryof Congress certification, among several other services.
WSSB - WashingtOn State School for the Blind
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Brief Description: Serves as a statewide demonstration and resource center and provide direct and indirect services to students both on campus and in the children’s local communities Professional development workshops are posted on their website.
Code Books
UEB Rulebook, Second Edition, 2013
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File types: PDF, PDF with links, BRF
Brief Description: The UEB Rulebook
Provisional Guidance for Transcription Usingthe Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts
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File types: PDF,BRF, andBRF for downloading
Brief Description: A method for switching between the Nemeth Code and Unified English Braille.
Tutorials and Courses
The ABC’s of UEB
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File types: HTML,PDF,BRF, andBRF for downloading
Brief Description: Outlines the major differences between English Braille, American Edition (EBAE) and UEB. It provides examples and practice exercises, which allow people who already know EBAE to build on their knowledge of braille to understand UEB.
Transition to Unified English Braille by the Hadley School for the Blind
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File types: None – Available in braille or large print
Brief Description:For individuals who know contracted braille, this course provides a structured approach to learning the differences between EBAE (English Braille American Edition) and UEB.
CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) Transcriber's UEB Course
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File types:Word,print PDF,BRF, andDXB.
Brief Description: Unified English Braille (UEB) developed for Canadian transcribers who hold CBA/CNIB certification in Braille Transcription or Grade Two Braille.
UEB Online
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File types: On-line only
Brief Description: Australian training program for sighted people to learn Unified English Braille (UEB) with no prior braille experience.
UEBOT
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File types: On-line only
Brief Description: Designed for people proficient in English Braille American Edition. The MOOC uses a custom designed MOODLE interface and uses the program Perky Duck. The course is designed to be usable with screenreaders. Video and audio content is accompanied by closed captioning.
Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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File types: Vidoe presentation with .pdf and .brf files.
Brief Description: Introduction to Unified English Brailleis a six-partseries whichexplains many of the changes that will come with the transition to Unified English Braille.