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In December 2020 the Braille Authority of North America published the Guidelines for the Transcription of Early Educational Materials from Print to Braille effectively replacing the Promising Practices document from 2007. In this 90-minute webinar led by Dan Gergen, we’ll explore the new guidelines and get you prepared to properly transcribe educational materials. Presenter: Dan Gergen, Chair, Unified English Braille Literary CommitteeDate: Tuesday, March 23, 2021Time: 1:00p – 2:30p ET Cost: $60 per person ($30 per person for NBA Members) Description: We’ll take a comprehensive walk-through of the BANA “Guidelines for the Transcription of Early Educational Materials from Print to…
Read MoreThe NBA Nominating Committee will be preparing a slate of officers and directors to stand for election at the Fall 2021 NBA Professional Development Conference. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in the opportunity to serve NBA, please complete the form below. Available Positions The following positions are available to be filled. President-Elect and Treasurer The President-Elect and Treasurer both serve a two-year term and are eligible to serve a consecutive two-year term in the same office. To be eligible for an office, a candidate must be a current director in good standing for at least two…
Read MoreThe Winter 2020 BULLETIN: Vol. 56, No. 4 is now available for current NBA Members to download right from our website! Once you’re logged in, navigate to the “My Account” using the link at the very top of your screen. Then you’ll find a link to the Bulletin page. Both PDF and BRF files are available to download right now! For those who receive the braille, print, and disc editions of the Bulletin, you should be receiving those within the next month. Remember: even if you receive any hardcopy form of the Bulletin, as a current member, you still have…
Read MoreThis month a lot of our webinars will be continuations from previous trainings. If you’re planning to attend any of these webinars, be sure to check out the videos of the previous webinars from that same series so you’ll be all caught up. You can find those in the Webinars Archive after signing in with your member account. Nemeth Code for Math and Science Superscripts and Subscripts, Part 2 Presenter: Lindy Walton, member, Nemeth Code for Math and Science CommitteeDate: Thursday, February 4 at 2:00p ET Description: A closer look at the rules regarding maintaining the level in effect when superscripts…
Read MoreLet’s start off the New Year with learning a few new tricks! We’re kicking off our web-based learning program for 2021 with a handful of new webinar topics designed to get you back on track after the holiday break. Remember: there is no registration necessary to attend these webinars and there is no cost! Attendance is made available to anyone in the world with an internet connection who wants to join in. Just simply click the link a few minutes before the scheduled start time! We record all these webinars and make them available in a video archive on our website. Access…
Read MoreJoin us in December to wrap up the year with four different webinars! Remember: there is no registration necessary to attend these webinars live, and there’s no cost. Attendance is made available to anyone in the world with an internet connection who wants to join in. Just simply click the link a few minutes before start time! We record all of these webinars and make them available in a video archive on our website. Access to that archive is available to current NBA Members, so if you can’t make the live webinar but really want to see the training, consider becoming a member!…
Read MoreNearly six months of planning are about to conclude as we officially begin our week-long virtual 2020 Professional Development Conference! Many of you are already registered, and by doing so you’ve helped contribute to a record setting year for us. This is the first time we’ve ever even contemplated a virtual conference, so we’ve tried to think of everything. You can help make sure that this event is a success by being prepared and obtaining all the info you need in advance. Here’s a few things to know about the conference next week. Materials Nearly every workshop has materials available…
Read MoreThe Fall 2020 BULLETIN: Vol. 56, No. 3 is now available for current NBA Members to download right from our website! Once you’re logged in, navigate to the “My Account” using the link at the very top of your screen. Then you’ll find a link to the Bulletin page. Both PDF and BRF files are available to download right now! For those who receive the braille, print, and disc editions of the Bulletin, you should be receiving those within the next month. Remember: even if you receive any hardcopy form of the Bulletin, as a current member, you still have…
Read MoreIf you’ve been waiting to get yourself registered for this year’s conference, you don’t have to wait any longer. We’ve just opened up the registration process for the whole week. You can now secure your seat in any of the workshops in this year’s virtual conference that you’d like to attend. If you’re just learning about the conference for the first time, here’s a quick refresher: The conference will take place from Monday, November 16th through Friday, November 20th. Each day will have multiple workshops on various topics. There is no cost to attend. Anyone in the world with an…
Read MoreIf there have been moments when you’re unsure about using contractions with Unified English Braille you’re not alone! We have just released a new publication called But Why Not that aims to provide all the answers you need to understanding contractions. Rule 10 will tell you when and when not to use contractions, but what the rule doesn’t tell you is why or why not to use contractions. It’s one thing to know whether or not you should be using a contraction in a certain case, but learning why and applying the reasons behind that rule will make you a…
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