Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p English Braille, also known as Grade-2 Braille, is the braille alphabet used for English. It consists of 250 or so letters (phonograms), numerals, punctuation marks, formatting marks, contractions, and abbreviations (logograms). Some English Braille letters, such as ⠡ 〈ch〉, correspond to more than one letter in print.There are three levels of complexity in English Braille. Grade 1 is a (nearly) one-to-one transcription of printed English, and is restricted to basic literacy. Grade 2, which is nearly universal in print beyond basic literacy materials, abandons one-to-one transcription in many places (such as the letter ⠡ 〈ch〉) and adds hundreds of abbreviations and contractions. Both grades have been standardized. "Grade 3" is not a single system, but any of various personal shorthands. It is almost never found in publications. Most of this article describes the 1994 American edition of Grade-2 Braille, which is largely equivalent to British Grade-2 Braille. Some of the differences with Unified English Braille, which was officially adopted by various countries between 2005 and 2012, are discussed at the end.Braille was originally intended, and is frequently portrayed, as a re-encoding of the printed Latin alphabet that is used by sighted people. However, for the blind, braille is an independent writing system, not a variant of the printed alphabet.. }
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- English_Braille abstract "English Braille, also known as Grade-2 Braille, is the braille alphabet used for English. It consists of 250 or so letters (phonograms), numerals, punctuation marks, formatting marks, contractions, and abbreviations (logograms). Some English Braille letters, such as ⠡ 〈ch〉, correspond to more than one letter in print.There are three levels of complexity in English Braille. Grade 1 is a (nearly) one-to-one transcription of printed English, and is restricted to basic literacy. Grade 2, which is nearly universal in print beyond basic literacy materials, abandons one-to-one transcription in many places (such as the letter ⠡ 〈ch〉) and adds hundreds of abbreviations and contractions. Both grades have been standardized. "Grade 3" is not a single system, but any of various personal shorthands. It is almost never found in publications. Most of this article describes the 1994 American edition of Grade-2 Braille, which is largely equivalent to British Grade-2 Braille. Some of the differences with Unified English Braille, which was officially adopted by various countries between 2005 and 2012, are discussed at the end.Braille was originally intended, and is frequently portrayed, as a re-encoding of the printed Latin alphabet that is used by sighted people. However, for the blind, braille is an independent writing system, not a variant of the printed alphabet.".