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ICEB General Assemblies and Mid-Terms
by International Council on English Braille
Archives of General Assemblies and Mid-Term Executive Committee Meetings of the International Council on English Braille
Episodes
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Day 5 Session 10
Welcome and notices Postcard Review of ICEB Charges for All Committees Summary of Decisions taken at Mid-term meeting Closing Comments, Thank-yous, and Farewells Adjourn
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Day 5 Session 9
Welcome and notices Music Braille Committee, James Bowden Braille Technology Committee, Willow Free ICEB Research Committee, Natalie Martiniello
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Day 4 Session 8
Postcard Public Relations Committee, Stuart Lawler Open Discussion on the Promotion of Braille
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Day 4 Session 7
Welcome and notices Constitution and Bylaws, Mary Schnackenberg Country reports Australia Canada Ireland Nepal New Zealand South Africa United Kingdom United States
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Day 3 Session 6
Postcard CMC #2: Prioritization of CMC Charges and Work, Matthew Horspool
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Day 3 Session 5
Welcome and notices Invited Speakers: Making the Case for Braille: Research Findings and a Training Resource for Adult Learners, Michele MacDonald and Kendra Farrow, Mississippi State University
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Day 2 Session 4
Postcard GTM Discussion and Review of Charges, Clive Lansink
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Day 2 Session 3
CMC #1: Review of Current Charges and Other Tasks, Matthew Horspool
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Day 1 Session 2
Postcard Treasurer’s Report: Callie Brusegaard In Memoriam: a time to remember braille leaders who have passed away since our General Assembly, May 2024 Review of 2024 Resolutions Resolution 1: Full Implementation of Technical UEB in Braille Hardware and Software, James Bowden Resolution 2:...
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Day 1 Session 1
Welcome from ICEB President, Judy Dixon Welcome from the Chair of the Braille Authority of North America, Jen Goulden Introduction of Executive Committee Members and Other Key Participants Approval of the Agenda Adoption of the Minutes of Executive Committee meeting, July 13, 2026 Keynote…
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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…
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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…
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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...
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Day 5 Session 16
Resolutions Committee report: Discussion and adoption of Eighth General Assembly resolutions Introduction of incoming ICEB President and Executive Committee Closing comments and thank-yous
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Day 5 Session 15
Health and Safety Briefing Paper 11: Dunnam—Writing Braille: Two Centuries of Tools and Techniques, and How We Can Strengthen Them for the Future Paper 12: Horspool—Multi-Line Braille Displays, So What? Considering the practical use and ongoing development of multi-line braille displays from a…
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President's Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Greg Morgan Guest Speaker: Tom Schnackenberg, OBE
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Day 4 Session 14
UEB at 20: Code Maintenance Committee Discussion, Matthew Horspool (United Kingdom), Clive Lansink (New Zealand)
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Day 4 Session 13
Braille Technology Committee report, James Bowden (United Kingdom) Paper 9: Free and Stilson—An International Effort to Update Braille for a Dynamic and Personalized Future Paper 10: Holloway, Butler, Reinders, Cracknell, and Marriott—Refreshable Tactile Displays, Research to Help Guide Reform to...
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Day 4 Session 12
Health and Safety Briefing Nominations Committee second report, Debbie Gillespie (Canada) 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 Presentation 2: Dang and Le Anh—Sao...
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Day 3 Session 11
Midnote Address: Dr. Jonathan Godfrey, ONZM, Palmerston North, New Zealand—Get a job that you love and never work another day in your life Vote of Thanks: James Bowden Paper 7: Richards and Griffiths—Braille Music Our Way: Introducing a new and unique approach to music literacy through Braille...
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Day 3 Session 10
CMC Technical Committee Report – Clive Lansink (New Zealand) World Braille Council, Accessible Books Consortium, and Marrakesh Treaty: Martine Abel-Williamson, QSM, President, World Blind Union ICEB Music Committee Report – Jordie Howell (Australia)
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Day 3 Session 9
Health and Safety Briefing Paper 5: Argote-Perez—BRAILLECOR: Learning Method: A New Approach to Braille Teaching for both Blind and Sighted People, Suitable for any Alphabet and Language Paper 6: Herzberg—Teaching Students in Grades 2-5 How to Access, Interpret, and Create Tactile Line Plots,...
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Day 2 Session 8
Paper 3: Richards and Jarvis—Wesseling Awards: Celebrating Braille Music Paper 4: Goulden—Expanding the Frontiers of Literacy, Developing Braille Codes for Languages Other Than English
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Day 2 Session 7
ICEB Code Maintenance Committee Report - Matthew Horspool (United Kingdom) Paper 1: Gentle and Howse—Braille in the 21st Century Paper 2: Bischke and Redford—Unified English Braille (UEB): The Transition to UEB and Its Impact Across the United States
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Day 2 Session 6
ICEB Research Committee Report, Natalie Martiniello (Canada) Membership discussion
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Day 2 Session 5
Health and Safety Briefing In Memoriam: A time for each ICEB member country to briefly speak about key contributors to braille who have died since the Seventh General Assembly in October 2020 ICEB Bylaws Committee Report: Discussion of revised Constitution and the recommendation from the…
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Day 1 Session 4
Country Report South Africa Country Report United Kingdom Country Report United States
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Day 1 Session 3
Country Report Australia Country Report Canada Country Report Ireland Country Report New Zealand
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Day 1 Session 2
Confirmation of the Minutes Secretary for the Eighth General Assembly, Frances Mary D’Andrea (U.S.) Approval of the Agenda Speaking protocol Voting rules President's report, Judith Dixon Report on the 2020 Resolutions, Judith Dixon First report of 2024 Resolutions Committee, Christo de Klerk,...
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Day 1 Session 1
Welcome from the ICEB President, Judith Dixon Health and Safety Briefing New Zealand National Anthem Welcome from The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust, Maria Stevens, BANZAT Chairperson Introduction of delegates and observers, the roll call Keynote address: Jonathan Mosen, MNZM,...
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Welcome Function
Welcome and Opening Reception from Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust Opening of the Eighth General Assembly: Andrea Midgen, Chief Executive, Blind Low Vision NZ
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Archives of Day 5
Includes a review of the 2020 resolutions, country reports, a discussion about ICEB archives, looking forward to the eighth General Assembly in 2024, closing comments, thank-yous and farewells.
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Archives of Day 4
Includes reports and discussions from the Braille Technology Committee and the UEB Technical Committee.
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Archives of Day 3
Includes a presentation from Philippa Campsie based on her article, Charles Barbier: A Hidden Story, and discussions about code maintenance.
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Archives of Day 2
Includes the Public Relations Committee Report, discussions about independent efforts to create new braille codes, digitising hard copy braille music, the Music Braille Committee Report and the DAISY Music Braille Project.
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Archives of Day 1
Includes welcomes, Keynote Speech, Introduction of Delegates and Observers, procedural matters, In Memoriam, Treasurer's Report, Bylaws Report and Research Report. For a high quality video version of the guide to Quebec, please follow this link to watch it on Youtube.
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Introduction to the Coverage 2022
A short introduction to the coverage.
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Braille on Coins
Braille Bonus by Pat Farrell, coin collector, Republic of Ireland
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Postcards from Scotland and Northern Ireland
Featuring the unicorn, red heads, the shortest commercial flight, islands, international association football, UFO Capital of the World; Game Of Thrones, Snow Patrol, Irish Whisky, RMS Titanic, George Best and Jordanstown School.
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Archives of Day 5
Includes the resolutions, introduction of incoming executive, looking ahead, closing comments, thanks and farewells.
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Lego Braille Bricks
Braille Bonus by Cathy Rundle, Accessibility Consultancy and User Experience Team, Royal National Institute of Blind People.
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Postcard from Worcester
Featuring Worcestershire Porcelain, Lea & Perrins (Worcestershire sauce), Sir Edward Elgar, Worcester Cathedral, the Three Choirs Festival, the River Severn, seaguls, the Worcester County Cricket Ground, flooding, the city walls, the Commandery and New College Worcester.
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Archives of Day 4
Includes braille literacy and learning papers, the Second Report of the Nominations Committee and a second Code Maintenance Committee discussion.
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Euromath: enabling mathematical communication between teacher and student using UEB
https://euromath.eu [email protected] Twitter: @fitzpatrickd For many students, mathematics represents a significant educational challenge. This is exacerbated in the context of blind students who must not only learn the concepts underpinning this discipline, but must also become…
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Technical Material in UEB: developing an NLS curriculum
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired opened its doors in 1903, and is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Clovernook's Braille Printing House has been in operation since 1914, when a printing press was donated to the organization. Braille production has evolved considerably over…
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Hand in Hand: the confluence of braille and technology in specialist education and beyond
NCW is a secondary school for vision-impaired students. For decades, braille has been a fundamental tool enabling vision-impaired people to read and write. Yet fluency in the reading of braille, plus its ready availability, has been in decline of late. Through personal experience, case studies…
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Factors Contributing to Braille Learning and Reading Performance as Individuals Age
As the prevalence of age-related vision loss continues to increase, rehabilitation specialists encounter a growing number of working-age and older adults who experience reading related difficulties. In the United States alone, the prevalence of age-related vision loss is expected to double by…
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Dual Media Case Studies: perspectives on literacy by four adolescents, their teachers, and family members
A student who uses both print and braille for literacy tasks is referred to as a dual media learner. Some students begin literacy instruction as dual media learners, other students begin as print readers and later learn to read braille, and a few students initially read braille and later learn to...
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Teaching American English Sounds to Blind and Low Vision Learners using Assistive Technology
https://thesis.medinago.msu.domains/ This project was designed to improve the inclusive nature of courses on language learning and teaching through the creation of Adaptive English Phonetic tools (ADEPT) to provide better access to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols and the sounds...
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Inspiring Literacy: using balanced, comprehensive reading and writing instruction within an inclusive environment to support braille-reading students
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. Helen Keller In social gatherings it is not unusual to hear...
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