The Guidebook for Learning Unified English Braille (UEB)

By: Stacy M. Kelly

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Synopsis: NOTICE: No tactile braille Welcome to The Guidebook for Learning Unified English Braille (UEB). Whether you are a pre-service professional working toward initial license/certification in the field of visual impairments, a seasoned professional in the field of visual impairments, a paraprofessional, a family member supporting a braille reader, and/or someone simply interested in learning braille, this book is designed to help you systematically develop skills in reading and writing the uncontracted (letter-by-letter) and contracted Unified English Braille (UEB) Code. Please note that this book does not contain raised tactile braille. SimBraille is used in this book. SimBraille is a visual font that represents braille dots on a screen or printed page, designed to look like actual braille characters but without the tactile (raised) dots. It mimics the six-dot braille cell using the same dot patterns and configurations that can been seen but not felt. SimBraille is a common method for learning to read braille by looking at the braille. SimBraille is widely used in the learning, teaching, preparation, and production of braille. Notably as well, the print information in this book is written in large print 16-point font.