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Australian Braille Authority (ABA)

Braille Codes and Specifications

The following is a list of documents giving specifications for the braille codes used within Australia.

British Braille: A restatement of Standard English Braille (1992)
Compiled and Authorised by the Braille Authority of United Kingdom Royal National Institute for the Blind
Changes to the literary braile code as a result of the mathematics braille code changes 1987 (January 1988)
Prepared by the Mathematics/Science/Computer Science committee of the Australian Braille Authority
Produced and Published by the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales
Changes to the literary code effective from January 1, 1990 (December 1989)
Australian Braille Authority
Rules for the use of the capital sign (June 1992)
Australian Braille Authority
Codes Update Bulletin 1 (July 1992)
Australian Braille Authority
Guidelines for formatting of braille material (July 1995)
Australian Braille Authority
Australian Braille Mathematics Notation (revised October 1992)
Betty Smith
In collaboration with the Mathematics, Science, Computer Science Committee of the Australian Braille Authority
Produced and Published by the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales
Australian Braille Chemistry Notation (July 1995)
Round Table on Reading Materials for People with Disabilities Inc.
The International Phonetic Alphabet Braille code (updated 1990)
Braille Authority of United Kingdom
Code for Computer Braille Notation (1987)
Compiled under the Authority of the Braille Authority of North America
American Printing House for the Blind

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