This is a public webpage of a private resource from Duxbury Systems. Duxbury Systems is making this information public to help the world know more about braille. We are not making public certain resources which allow the direct generation of braille since these contain our intellectual property.
We hope this increases your confidence in DBT, which is available for Windows and Mac. Feel free to e-mail us at languages@duxsys.com with additional resources not present here. Duxbury System, of course, offers no guarantee that this list is complete or up-to-date.
(toc means an html hand constructed table of contents, pdf toc means the pdf has a English table of contents with hyperlinks)
| Nation | Braille Code Name(s) | Current Manual(s) | Other Nations |
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| France | Notation Mathématique Braille | French Manual || toc | Belgium*, Haiti |
| Germany | Mathematiks für Blinde (Marburg) | Marburg math code (with toc and notes) | Austria, Belgium*, Macedonia, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway |
| Greece | Επιοτημονικά σύμβολα κατά BRAILLE στον | Nemeth code for Greece || scanned version || toc | |
| Portugal *** | Código Matemático Unificado para a Língua Portuguesa, 2006 | Portuguese Braille Math 2006 || toc | Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Nations |
| Russia | A System of Braille Notation of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry -- 1975 | volume 1 (with pdf toc) || volume 2 (with pdf toc) | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia |
| Saudi Arabia | Developed Arabic Braille System 2002 | 2002 Braille Code (pages 33-80) | Almost all Arabic Speaking countries |
| Spain *** | Código Matemático Unificado, 1988 | Book 1 || Book 2 || Book 3 | Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Nations |
| United Kingdom | UEB Math | Guidelines for Technical Material 2014 | Australia, Canada, New Zealand. Nigeria South Afrtica, United States* |
| United Kingdom** | Braille Mathematics Notation | pre-UEB British Braille Math Code | Bahrain, Ghana, Hong Kong. Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Zambia |
| United States* | Nemeth Code | Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science notation, 1972 || toc | Carribean, India, south-east asia, Israel, Liberia |
| Nation | Braille Code Name(s) | Current Manual(s) |
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| China | Chinese Braille Notations | (we think this is just like Russian math braille) |
| Denmark | Use raw Latex | (no manual needed) |
| Estonia | Handbook of Estonian Braille, 2011 | Estonian Braille || toc |
| Finland | Matematiikan, fysiikan ja kemian pistemerkinnät | Finland Braille Manual || toc |
| Israel | מתמטִיקה בּבּראיל - רבקה רוֹזנצויג - 2001 | Hebrew || English |
| Italy | Codice Braille Matematico - 2003 | Italian Math Code |
| Japan | Explanation of Braille Mathematics Symbols - 1981 | (Japan Braille Committee; books for sale) |
| Korea (South) | Mathematics Code for Korea | Math Braille || toc |
| Netherlands | Handleiding Vlaamse Wiskundecode en Wiskunde Braille 2012-2013 | Woluwe Braille and Decicode || toc |
| Norway | Norsk standard for matematikknotasjon i 6-punkts blindeskrift, 2003 | Norwegian 6-dot braille code (abbreviated) |
| Norway | Norsk standard for matematikknotasjon i 8-punkts blindeskrift, 2003 | Norwegian 8-dot math code |
| Polish | Brajlowska notacja matematyczna fizyczna chemiczna, 2011 | Polish Braille Math || toc |
| Quebec | Nemeth Code variation | Quebec version of the Nemeth Code |
| Quebec | French math variation | Quebec French math variation |
| Slovenia | Matematicni zapis na racunalniku za slepe, 2007 | |
| Sweden | Punktskriftens skrivregler för matematik och naturvetenskap | Sweden math || toc |
| Taiwan | Nie Meizi Compilation of Mathematics and Science Braille Signs | |
| Turkey | Turkish Braille Rules 1991 | Turkish lit and math rules |
| Uganda | Mathematics Braille Notation for Uganda | (we think this is just like pre-UEB British math braille) |
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World Chart of Nations, Languages, DBT, and Braille Mathematics
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Scientific Notebook is an excellent program that works as a "word processor" for mathematical notation, and generates the Latex files that DBT can import. Create and print your print or large print mathematics from Scientific Notebook. Save the file from Scientific Notebook. Then launch DBT, and open your Scientific Notebook file inside of DBT. You can translate, and out comes literary and mathematical braille. This has been working since 10.4. Under continuous improvment.
Scientific Notebook information is available at http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?products/snb.html A simplified manual for Scientific Notebook can be obtained at http://www.sciword.demon.co.uk/SNB.pdf
Both Equation Editor and MathType are formula editors developed by Design Science that allows users to construct math and science equations in a WYSIWYG environment. It is an add-in or included in Microsoft Word, presentation programs (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint), and many other products. Equation Editor is a simplified version of Design Science MathType. Mathtype information is available at http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/default.htm
If MathType is loaded on the same computer as DBT, then DBT can read math Microsoft Word files containing Equation Editor or MathType material. If MathType is not loaded on the same computer as DBT, then as DBT imports a file containing Equation Editor or MathType material, an errror message shows up in the DBT file at the location of each piece of mathematical notation in the file.
InftyReader is OCR (optical character recognition) software to recognize printed document and PDF in scientific fields including mathematical notation and tables, and to output the results in various formats including Latex, which DBT can import. The use of InftyReader requires a high-end scanner (400 or 600 dpi). Windows Vista and Windows 7 users should check compatibility before purchase.
Infty Reader information is available at http://www.sciaccess.net/en/InftyReader/index.html