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Web Jan-March 2015 Color.Indd ISSN 11046-1663046 Library of Congress January–March 2015, Vol. 47, No. 1 CMLS PRESORTED STANDARD NNewsews PO Box 9150 POSTAGE & FEES PAID Melbourne FL 32902-9150 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON, DC Address Service Requested PERMIT NO. G-103 National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped www.loc.gov/nls The basic braille alphabet doesn’t change in UEB— In the News but other things will. California teen wants to make braille embossers affordable NLS prepares to implement Unifi ed English Braille A California eighth-grader has launched a chip. The new model, Braigo 2.0, can On January 4, 2016—the 207th birthday translating a wider array of symbols. company to develop a low-cost braille printer— translate electronic text into braille before of Louis Braille—the National Library The Braille Authority of North and he made his prototype out of Legos. printing. Executives at tech giant Intel were Service for the Blind and Physically America (BANA), which oversees the According to an Associated Press (AP) so impressed they invested in the project. Handicapped (NLS) will implement the use, teaching, and production of braille story, 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee asked his Shubham also was invited to join more than Unified English Braille (UEB) code. in the United States, parents one day, how do blind people read? 100 students, entrepreneurs, engineers, and “This is the first extensive change adopted the code in They told him to Google it—and when he did, researchers from around the country at the to the English braille code since November 2012. It then he was shocked to discover that braille printers first-ever White House Maker Faire. the 1930s,” said NLS director Karen began preparing con- (also called embossers) cost at least $2,000. Shubham’s goal is to develop a desktop In this issue: Keninger. “The new code will be espe- stituents for the change “I know that there is a simpler way to do braille printer that costs around $350 and Narrator Ray Hagen cially beneficial to students and other to ensure implementa- Implementation this,” Shubham recalled thinking. So he built weighs just a few pounds. retires ............................3 users of technology because it resolves tion in 2016. Seven a braille printer with a Lego robotics kit. After “He’s solving a real problem, and he persistent translation errors that occur other English- of UEB will be New NLS poster tied to the 207th the “Braigo”—a name that combines wants to go off and disrupt an existing when, for example, a student’s work is speaking countries series ........................4–5 birthday of Braille and Lego—won numerous industry.indust And that’s really what it’s all translated to print for a teacher to read have already adopted APH narrators retire ....6 Louis Braille. awards, he started Braigo Labs last about,”about Edward Ross, director of Inventor or when print material is translated to UEB. summer with an initial $35,000 invest-t- PlatformsPlatf at Intel, told the AP. Colorado honors braille.” “Since many BANA members ment from his father, the AP Braigo Labs aims to have a pro- volunteer... ....................6 Those who use computers, smart- produce braille or transcribe braille, reported. totype ready for organizations that New Multistate Center phones, e-books, and texting features the NLS announcement will not be Shubham built a more sophisti- support blind people to test this West director.................7 will also find UEB useful, as it uses the a surprise. They have already been cated version of his printer using summer and have a printer on the Teen creates a same six-dot cell pattern as the present preparing,” said Judy Dixon, NLS an off-the-shelf desktop printer market later this year. Updates are less-expensive braille code but drops some contractions, uses consumer relations officer and NLS and a newly released Intel computer posted at www.braigolabs.com. printer. ..........................8 different spacing rules, and allows for representative to BANA. 8 8 News January–March 2015 News January–March 2015 The Program “Over the past 80 years there achieving certification. The National Library Service for the Blind and have been a variety of subtle NLS is also reviewing its Valentine promoted to Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, publishes books and magazines in braille and changes to braille,” said Tamara recently revised specification for director during a in recorded form for readers who cannot Rorie, NLS braille development the production of literary braille hold, handle, or see well enough to read “hectic time” at conventional print because of a temporary or specialist. “UEB will represent books and will release them to permanent visual or physical disability. one more not-so-subtle change.” braille producers this spring, Multistate Center West Through a national network of state and local libraries, the materials are loaned free NLS is taking steps to prepare although “the adoption of UEB After serving three months as acting to eligible readers in the United States and to for the upcoming implemen- U.S. citizens living abroad. Materials are sent is not expected to lead to sub- director, David Valentine was formally to readers and returned by postage-free mail. tation, including providing stantial changes,” Rorie said. confirmed as director of Multistate Most books are also available for download on the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download courses and training to ensure Existing books in English Center West (MSCW) in Salt Lake City, (BARD) website, https://nlsbard.loc.gov. that braille transcribers and Braille American Edition will Utah, in January. Books and Magazines proofreaders are certified in remain in the NLS braille collec- It is a “hectic time” for MSCW, Readers may borrow all types of popular- “I’m excited to take on more leadership interest books including bestsellers, classics, UEB. Through the National tion and be available to patrons. Valentine said. The transition from responsibilities while continuing to work mysteries, westerns, poetry, history, biographies, Federation of the Blind (NFB), UEB books are not expected to READS to WebREADS—an upgraded, religious literature, children’s books, and with great people,” David Valentine says. foreign-language materials. Readers may its transcription training and be available from the collection remote-hosted circulation control also subscribe to more than seventy popular certification program con- system that interfaces directly with brought on to replace recent retirees. magazines in braille and recorded formats. for at least six months. Patrons tractor, NLS is offering an exam Special Equipment who currently read books the Patron Information and Machine Valentine himself was promoted to Special equipment needed to play the designed to determine the UEB in English Braille American Management System (PIMMS)—is in administrative assistant in May of 2014 audiobooks is loaned indefi nitely to readers. Amplifi ers with headphones are available proficiency level of transcribers Edition can use the same equip- full swing. And after a string of retire- after the former assistant, Carolyn for eligible readers who are also certifi ed as and proofreaders who are cur- ment to read UEB books. ments the center is busy training new Sweeney, retired. That put him working hearing impaired. Other devices are provided to aid readers with mobility impairments in rently certified in the existing “Patrons have asked if we hires. But Valentine, who has been with directly under then-director Paula Stuart using playback machines. braille code. have any materials in UEB that MSCW for more than a dozen years, and serving as her second whenever she Eligibility “Those who pass will receive a would allow them to see how easily stepped into his leadership role. was away. He also took a role in planning You are eligible for the Library of Congress program if letter of proficiency in UEB from easy it is to read. I tell them MSCW and its eastern counterpart in for the iBill currency reader distribution You are legally blind—your vision in the NLS, which will be a supplement that we have approximately Cincinnati, Ohio, have served as decen- project. When the Utah State Library for better eye is 20/200 or less with correcting glasses, or your widest diameter of visual to the certification document,” 10 books on BARD (the NLS tralized storage and distribution points the Blind and Disabled hired Stuart as a fi eld is no greater than 20 degrees; You cannot see well enough or focus long Rorie said. Transcribers and Braille and Audio Reading for NLS materials since the 1970s. readers advisor librarian, Valentine was enough to read standard print, although you proofreaders who do not pass Download website),” Rorie said. Valentine began helping out at MSCW the obvious candidate for her former wear glasses to correct your vision; You are unable to handle print books or must wait at least 90 days before “Also, BANA has a document long before he became an employee. position. turn pages because of a physical handicap; retaking the exam. Since a called UEB Reader that they can “When I was younger, we would some- “I’m excited to take on more leader- or You are certifi ed by a medical doctor as plethora of material is already request, along with quite a bit times do Eagle Scout projects at the ship responsibilities while continuing to having a reading disability, due to an organic available that can be used to of related material at www.brail- multistate center, helping to weed and work with great people,” Valentine said. dysfunction, which is of suffi cient severity to prevent reading in a normal manner. learn UEB, NLS and NFB are leauthority.org/ueb.html.” NLS sort the collection,” Valentine said. “I believe strongly in the value of our not providing study materials, That—and his friendship with then- How to Apply also will distribute a document service.” You may request an application by calling toll- but will provide a resource this summer that provides a list director Karnell Parry’s son—put the In today’s digital age, that includes free 1-888-NLS-READ or download one from the NLS website at www.loc.gov/nls.
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