Braille Into the Next Millennium

604 Pages·2000·30 MB·English

by  edited by Judith M. Dixon

BRAILLE
INTO THE NEXT
MILLENNIUM
t
BRAILLE
INTO THE NEXT
MILLENNIUM
and PhysicallyHandicapped
and
Friends ofLibraries for
Blind and Physically
Handicapped Individuals
inNorth America
Washington, D.C.
2000
LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Braille into the next millennium,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8444-1021-7
1. Braille. I. Library of Congress. National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
II. Friends of Libraries for Blind and Physically
HandicappedIndividuals inNorth America,Inc.
HY1672.B67 2000
411—dc21
00-055583
CONTENTS
Foreword,FrankKurtCylke 8
Preface,KennethJernigan 10
EditorsIntroduction,JudithM.Dixon 16
PartI:BrailleinthePast
Origins ofBraille, PamelaLorimer 18
Embossed Printing in the United States,
CarolB. Tobe 40
LaMaisonNatale de Louis Braille,EuclidJ. Herie ... 72
PartII:BrailleinthePresent
The Literary Code, DarkenE. Bogart 106
The Nemeth Code,AbrahamNemeth 120
The Braille Music Code,HarveyHoratioMiller .... 128
Code for Computer Braille Notation,
Tim V.Cranmer 152
Unifying the Braille Codes,DarkenE. Bogart
,
Tim VCranmer andJosephE. Sullivan 160
;
The Braille AuthorityofNorth America
and its Contribution to Braille Production,
DoloresFerrara-Godzieba 182
Alternative Methods ofBraille Production,
GeoffreyBull 194
Tangible Apparatus, CarolTobe 206
Braille Library Service,Kim Charlson 236
BrailleTranscribing in theUnited States:
Past, Present, andFuture,MaryLou Stark 256
Braille in the Law,MarcMaurer 278
Braille in theWorkplace,FredricSchroeder 296
Braille in the Environment, FreddieL. Peaco 314
ComputerAccess with Braille, Curtis Chong 334
Refreshable Braille Displays:Their Origins
and Evolution,JudithM. Dixon 348
Tactile Graphics,JaneM. Corcoran 374
TheArt ofMarketing Braille:The National
Braille Press Experience, WilliamM. Raeder
400
andDianeL. Croft
Braille Literacy, SusanJay Spungin and
FrancesMaryDAndrea 434
PartIII:BrailleintheFuture
Braille as aPredictor ofSuccess,RubyRyles 462
Electronic Distribution ofBraille,JimAllan 492
Future Braille Codes and Fonts,
JohnA. Gardner ~^4
Appendix:ASCIIBrailleCharacters 532
ListofContributors 538
Bibliography,LindaRedmond 552
FOREWORD