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If using transcription software like Duxbury, <a title="https://www.iceb.org/ueb.html" href="https://www.iceb.org/ueb.html">
Guidelines for Technical Material (</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a title="https://www.iceb.org/ueb.html" href="https://www.iceb.org/ueb.html">16.7 Structural Formulae) for UEB Math/Science</a> or
<a title="https://www.brailleauthority.org/sites/default/files/chemistry/Chemical%20Notation%20Using%20the%20Nemeth%20Braille%20Code%202023.pdf" href="https://www.brailleauthority.org/sites/default/files/chemistry/Chemical%20Notation%20Using%20the%20Nemeth%20Braille%20Code%202023.pdf">
Chemical Notation Using the Nemeth Braille Code 2023</a> can be used.</span></div>
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Depends on what the student is familiar with. If using Duxbury, will need to include a list of special braille symbols used like the various bonds and superscript symbols for reference.</div>
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<b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Willard, Amy via athen-list <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 9, 2025 7:05:45 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Chemical bonds in Braille</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I am trying to figure out the best way to create chemical bond structures for a blind student. In the past I have been enlarging a photo like the one below, putting it through my toaster/tactile machine, and cutting and gluing
Braille labels in place of the text. I feel like there is a better way to do this. I have Duxbury so I have heard there is a way to do it on there (currently looking up manuals) but I wanted to see how other schools convert something like this:</span></p>
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