FRENCH/QUEBEC (pre-1996)
TABLE DESIGNATOR
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FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
The French/Québec tables support print-to-braille translation of French-language literary text, following the French Braille Code as formerly defined by the Ministry of Education in Québec, Canada, prior to 1996. That code differed slightly slightly from the then-current French code as defined by the Association Valentin Haüy (AVH), Paris and also from the newer Unified French Code. The American Computer Braille Code (CBC) is also supported.
REFERENCES, HISTORY AND CREDITS
The development of Duxbury's original French tables, upon which these are based, commenced in March 1987, under the sponsorship of the Association Valentin Hauy (AVH), Paris, and as a joint technical effort of Duxbury Systems, Inc. and AVH. The primary specification for French literary braille usage with contractions is "Abrege Orthographique Etendu," a publication of AVH. "Table de Transcription pour la Production du Braille Abrege par Ordinateur," by Michel Jacquin and published by AVH (1986) was also instrumental in this early development.
The braille-to-print translation tables were added starting in November 1990, with the same sponsors and developers.
In October 1993, Gerard Cecire of Point-Par-Point, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, starting with the then-current print-to-braille tables for French Braille per AVH, developed this variant table to conform to the Quebec customs. He made several updates through September 1995.
Apart from a few minor corrections, there has been no further development of this table. In particular, the changes to the Québecois braille code that were defined in 1996 have not been systematically incorporated into this table.
(Documentation reviewed: July 2010.)
Duxbury DBT: Braille Translation in Many Languages.
