Unified English Braille Code
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Literacy & Braille
- Braille Instruction
- Braillers & Braille Technology
- Emergent Literacy
- Literacy for Students with Low Vision
- Literacy for Students with Multiple Disabilities
- Online Braille Courses
- Prebraille Skills
- Resources for Families
- Sources of Braille Books and Materials
- Spanish Braille Resources
- The Learning Media Assessment
- What is Braille?
The braille code for English has variations from one country to another. Many people are working to consolidate and integrate them into a single unified code for all English-speaking countries.
Web-Based Organizations and Resources
International Council on English Braille (ICEB)
The purpose of ICEB is "to coordinate and improve standards for braille usage for all English-speaking users of braille." One of their key initiatives is Unified English Braille.
Research
Selected Findings from the First International Evaluation of the Proposed Unified English Braille Code (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
The proposed Unified English Braille Code would create a single code to be used in both North America and the United Kingdom. This research report presents the findings of a study of the proposal.
Studies of Braille Reading Rates and Implications for the Unified English Braille Code, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
"Reading rate data was collected from both print and braille readers…. Literary braille data was collected for contracted and uncontracted braille text with … contractions as they would appear in the Unified English Braille Code."
