NLS: That All May Read

English Braille, American Edition 1994; 2002 Revision

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Foreword to the 2002 revision.

The rule changes to the literary code, English Braille American Edition 1994, approved by the Braille Authority of North America in November 1995, April 1998 and November 2002 have been incorporated into this revision.

The 1995 changes to Rule VII clarify how fractions, mixed numbers and decimal numbers connected by a hyphen or dash are to be written. The 1998 addition of section 27.g to Rule VI provides for the brailling of electronic addresses and file names according to the rules of the Computer Braille Code 2000 while a new section of Appendix C gives a summary of the pertinent rules and symbols.

The 2002 changes to section 31.b of Rule VIII provide a symbol for the euro. In March 2002, BANA resolved that the terms "Grade 1 Braille" and "Grade 2 Braille" would no longer be used in its publications and the terms "Uncontracted Braille" and "Contracted Braille" would be used instead. This revision shows this change in Definition of Braille and in Appendix C.

Since the 1994 edition was published, the Code of Braille Textbook Formats and Techniques 1977 was revised and published under the new title Braille Formats: Principles of Print to Braille Transcription 1997. This publication now includes formats for tabular material. References to this publication in EBAE have been updated to reflect these changes.

The BANA Literary Technical Committee welcomes suggestions about the code and its format. Please direct your comments to the Chairman of BANA, www.brailleauthority.org/chairperson.html.

BANA Literary Technical Committee

Darleen Bogart (1985-1996)
Jill Cooter (1981-1998)
Chris Devin (1998-2000)
Phyllis Landon (1999- )
Stephanie Leigh (2001-2002)
Julia Moyer (1998- )
Martha Pamperin (1990- )
Constance Risjord (1993-1998)
Margaret Robinson (2002- )
Norma Schecter (1980- )
Joseph Sullivan (1980- )
John Wilkinson (1988- )

Links to the Manual

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Book as one PDF file (1.2MB)

Title page

Preface pages

Definition of braille