BULLETIN: Vol. 54, No. 1 – Spring 2018

The Spring 2018 NBA Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 1) is now available for current NBA Members to download right from the Member’s Section of our website. Once you’re logged in, navigate to the Member’s Section using the link at the very top of your screen. Both PDF and BRF files are available to download right now!…

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May 2018 Webinars

During the month of May, we’ll be continuing to offer three short-length webinars at no cost to the public. As always, we’ll have our Braille Formats webinar on the first Friday of the month, a Music Braille webinar, and our rotating topic. The webinars last on average about fifteen minutes and are intended to touch…

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Announcing the 2018 Professional Development Conference

We are very excited to announce that registration for the 2018 NBA Professional Development Conference is live!!! For this year’s annual conference, we’ll be hosted by the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan on October 24, 25, and 26. The Conference For those unfamiliar with our annual conferences, we pack three days with a…

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How to Braille the Number 6

Here in the office at the National Braille Association we often get questions via email. Sometimes those questions are from transcribers seeking support, and sometimes they’re from the general public. Recently, we got an interesting question from someone who isn’t a braille transcriber. Luke S. writes and asks: I am looking to get the number…

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Spring News

This season has been a busy one, and we’ve made a lot of announcements recently. We wanted to take an opportunity and touch base this week to provide an update on everything that is happening with NBA!   Braille Formats Last month we published the 2018 Braille Formats Study Guide. Though the study guide is not…

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April 2018 Webinars

During the month of April, we’ll be continuing to offer three short-length webinars at no cost to the public. As always, we’ll have our Braille Formats webinar on the first Friday of the month, a Music Braille webinar, and our rotating topic. This month we’ll also be conducting a four-hour length webinar called Using UEB…

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Introducing Two New Publications!

This month we are introducing two new publications to our library. Both have been widely anticipated, so we’re excited to make them available! The Braille Formats Study Guide With the adoption of Unified English Braille, the Braille Formats code required a substantial update. Since BANA’s release of Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016, our committee of…

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Using UEB in Technical Materials Webinar

As we continue to offer more and more web-based learning opportunities for transcribers and teachers of the visually impaired, we’ve begun considering some of the more popular topics from previous conferences to offer as webinars. Based on feedback received from attendees in the Using UEB in Technical Materials workshops, we’ve chosen that topic to be…

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March 2018 Webinars

During the month of March, we’ll be continuing to offer three short-length webinars at no cost to the public. As always, we’ll have our Braille Formats webinar on the first Friday of the month, a Music Braille webinar, and our rotating topic for this month will be Math and Science Braille. The webinars last on…

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February 2018 Webinars

During the month of February, we’ll be continuing to offer three short-length webinars at no cost to the public. As always, we’ll have our Braille Formats webinar on the first Friday of the month, a Music Braille webinar, and our rotating topic for this month will be Unified English Braille. The webinars last on average…

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