I agree that NUBS is better than UEB, but of the options on the bn, I
prefer UEB to computer braille. Even if BANA adopts NUBS, though, hw
may not incorporate it; Nemeth has been around for years, and hw puts
in UEB, which is not even in the U.S. officially, instead of Nemeth.

On 11/5/10, Terri Pannett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Their math system is quite lousy. You must learn a whole new system for
> mathematics. Besides, the symbols take too much room.
>
> I think the Nemeth Uniform Braille System makes much more sense to me than
> UEB. I hope BANA adopts it. Then the notetakers will support it.
>
> I still think the best method for producing text sighted people need to read
> is simply use a qwerty keyboard. You can still read the text in your
> preferred grade, but you don't have to worry about errors that occur from
> translating braille to print. BT users can just plug an external keyboard
> into their BN. You don't have to buy a new BN.
>
> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>
>


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Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from GMail website)
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