Guidance for Transcription Using the Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts
PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading
Change Log PDF, BRF and BRF for downloading
Revised April 2018
Posted August 19, 2018
This method of switching between the Nemeth Code and Unified English Braille has been developed to ensure the continued viability of the use of the Nemeth Code for mathematics. The necessity for this adaptation, which is similar to the current use of switching to computer braille code for email addresses and the like, stems from two basic issues:
1) In current Nemeth code transcriptions, the nonmathematical text that surrounds the mathematics is based on English Braille, American Edition (EBAE), which is being replaced by Unified English Braille (UEB). If the surrounding text were to continue to be in EBAE, then, in order to use Nemeth Code, braille users and producers would need to be familiar with two sets of rules for contractions, capitalization, emphasis, punctuation, spacing, and so on. Such a requirement would be especially burdensome in the long term to future braille users and producers who learn braille according to UEB symbols and rules and would then need to learn old rules that have been replaced.
2) As the use of electronic means to read and write in both print and braille proliferates, the need for accurate translation both from print to braille and from braille to print becomes an increasingly critical consideration. An unambiguous switching method eliminates code conflicts and makes it possible for accurate translation in either direction to occur, so that mathematics can be communicated between print users and braille users using Nemeth Code.
Graphing Calculator Guidelines
Approved April 2018
PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading
BANA's Nemeth Code Technical Committee has worked diligently to develop this new publicationGraphing Calculator Guidelines. It is based on the Nemeth Code and its updates as well as on the Guidance for Transcription Using the Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts. BANA welcomes feedback from users of this publication.
Provisional Guidance for Chemistry Notation Using Nemeth in UEB Contexts
PDF update 05/29/2018, BRF, and BRF for downloading
The BANA Chemistry Committee developed this provisional guidance for transcribing chemistry using Nemeth in UEB contexts. BANA welcomes feedback from users of this publication.
Codebooks and Updates
The publications listed below provide a means of transcribing technical materials. Copies of these publications are available for purchase in hardcopy print and braille from either American Printing House for the Blind or National Braille Association as indicated below.
Nemeth Code
Hardcopy
Nemeth Code for Mathematics & Science Notation, 1972 Revision. APH; Braille: 5-87430-00; Print Edition: 7-87430-00
Downloads
- Nemeth Code for Mathematics & Science Notation, 1972 Revision. (PDF)
- Nemeth Code (a zipped archive of the BRF files) (5 volumes, pages are 26 lines, 38 cells)
Chemistry Code
Hardcopy
Braille Code for Chemical Notation, 1997. APH; Braille: 5-16900-00; Print: 7-16900-00
Downloads
Chemistry Code (a zipped archive of the files) BRF
Nemeth Updates
Application of the Formats Guidelines to Nemeth Transcriptions update as HTML PDF or BRF
Addendum 1 to the Nemeth Code for Mathematics & Science Notation, 1972 Revision: Ancient Numeration Systems.
APH; Braille: 5-68654-00; Print: 7-68654-00
Nemeth Updates 2015
- Rule VIII §54: Spacing for abbreviations within cancellation indicators
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Nemeth Updates 2014
- Orientation §4c: Notice of the use of Tactile Graphics Guidelines 2010
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Rule IV §26: Use of ELI in uncontracted braille
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Rule XVII §119: Spacing with function names
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Rule XIX §134: Use of multipurpose indicators with operation signs
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Rule XXII §162: Per mille symbol
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Rule XXIV §184: Numeric indicator with enlarged grouping signs
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading
Nemeth Updates 2013
- Orientation 4c: Spacing of copyright, trademark, and registered symbols
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Rule XIV §86c: Short form of directly under
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading
Nemeth Updates 2012
- Rule XXV, sec 191: Wording change for list format
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading
Nemeth Updates 2011
- Rule XXV §191a(v) and §191b(vi) Use of blank line before directions
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Tables and Keying §187
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Replacement §187
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Nemeth Updates 2010
- Letter/number or Number/letter abbreviations
File types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading - Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin - New rule
File Types: PDF, BRF, and BRF for downloading
Nemeth Updates 2007
- Nemeth 2007 update (PDF Version)
- Nemeth 2007 update corrected edition of December 15, 2007 (PDF Version)
- Clarification Addendum
Related Documents
Learning the Nemeth Braille Code: A Manual for Teachers and Students, 1987.
APH; Braille: 5-68653-00; Print: 7-68653-00
Learning the Nemeth Braille Code (BRF edition)
Nemeth Reference Sheets (BRF file) by Thora Dumont and Janet Malone.
National Braille Press