International Council on English Braille (ICEB)

Contact Information

Quick links to other pages: ICEB Home, Site Map

Quick links on this page: Email, Social media, Listservs, National Braille Authorities

Email

Email ueb@iceb.org to contact the UEB Code Maintenance Committee Chair for information about Unified English Braille (UEB). Note that UEB does not, in most cases, deal with format.

For other information and general communications, email info@iceb.org.

Social media

For news, events and updates regarding braille, UEB and ICEB, follow the International Council on English Braille on Twitter @ICEBbraille, Mastodon @ICEBbraille, and on Facebook at facebook.com./ICEBbraille/.

Listservs

The ICEB-announce list is a one-way listserv for distribution of important announcements and documents from ICEB, including the ICEB newsletter and updates to Unified English Braille. Sign up by sending an email to iceb-announce+subscribe@groups.io or enter your email address in the box below.

ICEB maintains a number of listservs to conduct the business of its committees, with one representative per ICEB member country for each committee. Observers are also permitted, by request through your national Braille Authority and with approval of the Committee Chair.

ICEB-Exec: The main communication channel for the ICEB Executive Committee.

UEB-CMC: The UEB Code Maintenance Committee deals with the rules and symbols of Unified English Braille.

UEB-Tech: The UEB Technical Guidelines list deals with the revision of the UEB Technical Guidelines.

ICEB-Promotion: The ICEB Public Relations Committee, tasked with sharing information about braille, UEB and ICEB.

ICEB-Research: The ICEB Research Committee, tasked with sharing braille-related research.

ICEB-Music: The ICEB Music Braille Committee.

ICEB-brailletech: The ICEB Braille Technology Committee.

National Braille Authorities

Contact your local Braille Authority or visit their website for information regarding local resources, braille formatting, UEB certification, workshops and more.

Australia
Australian Braille Authority (ABA)
website: brailleaustralia.org
email: aba@printdisability.org
facebook: facebook.com/BrailleAustralia/
ozbrl listserv: send a blank email to ozbrl-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Canada
Braille Literacy Canada (BLC)
website: brailleliteracycanada.ca
email: info@blc-lbc.ca
UEB discussion listserv: lists.blc-lbc.ca/mailman/listinfo/ueb_lists.blc-lbc.ca

Ireland
Irish National Braille and Alternative Format Association (INBAF)
website: www.inbaf.ie
contact form: inbaf.ie/contactus.php

New Zealand
Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa TRUST (BANZAT)
website: www.banzat.org.nz
email: secretary@banzat.org.nz
nzbrl listserv: send a blank message to nzbrl-subscribe@googlegroups.com

South Africa
South African Braille Authority (SABA)
website: sabrailleauthority.org.za
email: secretary@sabrailleauthority.org.za
contact form: sabrailleauthority.org.za/contact-us/

United Kingdom
UK Association for Accessible Formats (UKAAF)
website: www.ukaaf.org
contact form: www.ukaaf.org/about/contact/
UEB ed listserv: send a blank email with the subject "subscribe" to ueb-ed-request@freelists.org
twitter: @ukaaf

United States of America
Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
website: brailleauthority.org
email: chair@brailleauthority.org