GS8 Braille
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The GS8 or Gardner-Salinas Braille code is a method of encoding mathematical and scientific notation linearly using eight-dot Braille cells for tactile reading by the visually impaired.
The code was developed as a replacement for Nemeth Braille by John Gardner, a physicist at Oregon State University, and Norberto Salinas, an Argentinian mathematician.
The GS8 Braille Code is an example of a compact human-readable markup language. Its syntax is based on the LaTeX system for scientific typesetting.
- See also: Braille and Braille music
[edit] References
- Blind physicist creates better Braille — a CNN news item, November 9, 1995
- The world of blind mathematicians — article in Notices of the AMS, November 2002
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