What is Unified English Braille? Unified English Braille (UEB) is an English language braille code standard, developed to permit representing the wide variety of literary and technical material in use in the English-speaking world today, in uniform … [Read more...]
Arabic Braille required on packaging of Medicines produced in UAE
New legislation for United Arab Emirates requires pharmaceutical companies to state the name and concentration of medicines in braille on all packaging produced for the UAE market. The braille must be included on the packs in Arabic braille and … [Read more...]
Braille Letter Group Contractions should be used for German Pharmaceutical Braille
The standards generally recommend that braille on pharmaceutical packaging is represented in full (grade 1) braille. Meaning that no contractions are used. Contracted (Grade 2) Braille Contracted (grade 2) braille uses a contracted system of … [Read more...]
The Most Comprehensive Braille Codes Reference is Updated
Braille is not a static system of reading and writing – just like print, it changes and develops over time. For the last 60 years changes in braille codes have been reflected in each edition of “World Braille Usage”. Now, after 23 years, the word's … [Read more...]
Impact Report on Braille Standard for Medicine Packaging
On 24th July the RNIB Centre for Accessible information published the results of a telephone survey of 165 braille readers in the UK. The survey found that the implementation of the European Directive and European Standard for braille on … [Read more...]