Resources

This list is not comprehensive and is subject to change as more information becomes available.

BANA - Braille Authority of North America

Link: http://www.brailleauthority.org/index.html

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

Link: http://www.ctevh.org/

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

Link: http://www.nbpcb.org/ncueb/

Brief Description: NBPCB administers the National Certification in Unified English Braille exam as a five-year renewable certification.

NBA – National Braille Association

Link: http://www.nationalbraille.org/

Brief Description: National organization solely dedicated to theprofessional developmentof braille transcribers. Provide professional development conferences and braille workshops.

NFB – NATIONAL Federation of the blind

Link: https://nfb.org/

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 Library of Congress certification, among several other services.

WSSB - WashingtOn State School for the Blind

Link: http://www.wssb.wa.gov/

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 Rule book, Second Edition, 2013

Link: http://www.iceb.org/ueb

File types: PDF, PDF with links, BRF

Brief Description: The UEB Rulebook

Provisional Guidance for Transcription Usingthe Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts

Link: http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb.html

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

Link: http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb.html

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

Link: http://www.hadley.edu/

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

Link: http://www.cnib.ca/en/living/braille/Pages/Transcribers-UEB-Course.aspx

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

Link: http://uebonline.org/

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

Link: http://uebot.niu.edu/

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

Link: http://www.wcbvi.k12.wi.us/outreach/ueb-introduction

File types: Vidoe presentation with .pdf and .brf files.

Brief Description: Introduction to Unified English Braille is a six-partseries whichexplains many of the changes that will come with the transition to Unified English Braille.