New Press Releases!The mission of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is to assure literacy for tactile readers through standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA's purpose is to promote and to facilitate the use, teaching, and production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets and renders opinions pertaining to braille in all existing and future codes. It deals with codes now in existence or to be developed in the future, in collaboration with other countries using English braille. In exercising its function and authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions on other existing braille codes and formats; the ease of production by various methods; and acceptability to readers.
New Press Releases!
The Evolution of Braille: Can the Past Help Plan the Future?
A three part article from the Braille Authority of North America
Update Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and the complete article
"Braille itself has been instrumental in making possible the integration of blind people into society, and, in turn, this increased integration has driven developments in the use and production of braille. The more integrated that blind people have become, the greater are the demands placed on sources of literacy. Are the literacy tools keeping up? ..."
Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, 2010
This HTML web version is now available online as the initial release.
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