ICEB General Assemblies and Mid-Terms

ICEB General Assemblies and Mid-Terms

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ICEB General Assemblies and Mid-Terms episodes

  • Updates to Choice and Placement of Grade 1 Indicators

    The ICEB Executive Committee has recently approved a significant update to the choice and placement of grade 1 indicators, section 1.7 of the Guidelines for Technical Material (GTM). The new guidance clarifies when it is appropriate to use a grade 1 symbol, word or passage indicator and will be of particular interest to those working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.

    The updated guidance gives a consistent approach to selecting which kind of grade 1 indicator to use, removing confusion where the same mathematical expression could be written in multiple ways.

    ICEB is delighted to invite you to a special town hall event, taking place at 20:00 UTC, on Thursday June 4th, where we will explain these changes in detail, provide examples and most importantly, answer your questions.

    If you are a transcriber, a teacher, or a braille reader (especially working with Mathematics or scientific notation), this session will most certainly be of interest.

    We look forward to your company!

    57 min
  • Introducing New IPA Braille

    Hello from the International Council on English braille (ICEB)!

    We are thrilled to announce our next virtual event, at 20:00 UTC on Monday 26 January (details below).

    Introducing new IPA braille

    Join us for our upcoming presentation on this exciting new document! We will provide an overview of IPA braille, and we'll discuss the reasons that an update was needed.

    Whether you study or work in the field of linguistics, or you just want to learn about another way that braille contributes to literacy and independence, this event is for you.

    Wishing you a happy holiday season and all the very best for the year ahead.

    59 min
  • Introducing Our New Rulebook!

    Happy new year from the International Council on English Braille (ICEB).

    As we join with the global Braille community in marking the 200th anniversary of the invention of the Braille code we are excited to announce the first in a series of online town hall meetings, where you can find out more about our work and meet our team.

    Our first event is taking place at 20:00 UTC on Thursday January 30th, and, at that event, we’ll be telling you all about the 3rd edition of the rules of Unified English Braille, which we launched last month.

    This comprehensive reference is a must for transcribers, teachers and Braille users alike, so why not join us and find out more about the rulebook, what it contains, and, who knows, you might even learn some fun facts about how it was put together!

    We look forward to your company.

    1 hr 21 min
  • Day 5 Session 16
    1. Resolutions Committee report: Discussion and adoption of Eighth General Assembly resolutions
    2. Introduction of incoming ICEB President and Executive Committee
    3. Closing comments and thank-yous
      4. 1 hr 16 min
    4. Day 5 Session 15
      1. Health and Safety Briefing
      2. Paper 11: Dunnam—Writing Braille: Two Centuries of Tools and Techniques, and How We Can Strengthen Them for the Future
      3. Paper 12: Horspool—Multi-Line Braille Displays, So What? Considering the practical use and ongoing development of multi-line braille displays from a user perspective
        4. 1 hr 31 min
      5. Day 4 Session 14
        1. UEB at 20: Code Maintenance Committee Discussion, Matthew Horspool (United Kingdom), Clive Lansink (New Zealand)
          2. 1 hr 32 min
        2. Day 4 Session 13
          1. Braille Technology Committee report, James Bowden (United Kingdom)
          2. Paper 9: Free and Stilson—An International Effort to Update Braille for a Dynamic and Personalized Future
          3. Paper 10: Holloway, Butler, Reinders, Cracknell, and Marriott—Refreshable Tactile Displays, Research to Help Guide Reform to Tactile Graphics Access
            4. 1 hr 42 min
          4. Day 4 Session 12
            1. Health and Safety Briefing
            2. Nominations Committee second report, Debbie Gillespie (Canada)
            3. Presentation 1: Stilson and Free—The Journey of the Monarch, Why Partnerships, Innovation, and a New Braille Standard Were Essential to Creating a Dynamic Tactile Display
            4. Presentation 2: Dang and Le Anh—Sao Mai Braille
            5. Presentation 3: Foulkes, Seger, and O'Callaghan—Braille Literacy and Tactile Learning: Developing Educational Materials for Students who are Blind or Low Vision
            6. Presentation 4: Holloway—Accessible 3D models and interactive tactile learning tools, Monash University Inclusive Technologies and the Australia and New Zealand Accessible Graphics Group (ANZAGG)
            7. Presentation 5: Sloane—HumanWare products
            8. Presentation 6: Skilton—Pacific Vision International
            9. Presentation 7: Cohen—Surtitles with braille and speech using mainstream software, New Zealand Opera
              10. 1 hr 10 min
            10. Day 3 Session 11
              1. Midnote Address: Dr. Jonathan Godfrey, ONZM, Palmerston North, New Zealand—Get a job that you love and never work another day in your life
              2. Vote of Thanks: James Bowden
              3. Paper 7: Richards and Griffiths—Braille Music Our Way: Introducing a new and unique approach to music literacy through Braille
              4. Paper 8: Morley Wilkins, Kyrkjebø, and Hu—Tools and techniques to advance music braille production, file-sharing and use
                5. 1 hr 46 min

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