RNIB. The group includes a number of world authorities in the field of accessible music and is another example of UKAAF’s leading position in setting standards for accessible formats. The guidance is primarily aimed at transcribers of music stave notation in formal and informal settings, but is also useful as an assessment tool for schools, colleges and amateur and professional musical organisations working for the first time with a musician who is able to read some print but unable to read standard music stave notation. A huge thank you to the music group and look out for the guidance being available on the UKAAF website very soon. There was also some lively discussion of how UKAAF should progress with its aim to create a standard for accessible format transcription in the UK. The first aim of any scheme is to be sustainable, and this brings many challenges before even going on to consider the significant issues around creating the mechanism for a quality assessment scheme. However, the Board are fairly confident that there is a potential quality monitoring scheme may be possible. The next step now is for a smaller task group to get together to draft a business plan to assess the viability of a scheme. Keep an eye out for future developments! There was also a round-up of updates from UKAAF’s various subject groups. The braille group update included an update on copyright legislation and the news that there is now a Welsh braille task group. The US plan to implement UEB in January 2016 so implementation in the UK and the US will be running more or less concurrently. The electronic file group reported on a possible initiative to add accessible PDF to the list of potential formats for pre-16 exams. And last, but not least, the UAG have created a draft customer complaint card that users can hand or send to their
RNIB. The group includes a number of world authorities in the field of accessible music and is another example of UKAAF’s leading position in setting standards for accessible formats. The guidance is primarily aimed at transcribers of music stave notation in formal and informal settings, but is also useful as an assessment tool for schools, colleges and amateur and professional musical organisations working for the first time with a musician who is able to read some print but unable to read standard music stave notation. A huge thank you to the music group and look out for the guidance being available on the UKAAF website very soon. There was also some lively discussion of how UKAAF should progress with its aim to create a standard for accessible format transcription in the UK. The first aim of any scheme is to be sustainable, and this brings many challenges before even going on to consider the significant issues around creating the mechanism for a quality assessment scheme. However, the Board are fairly confident that there is a potential quality monitoring scheme may be possible. The next step now is for a smaller task group to get together to draft a business plan to assess the viability of a scheme. Keep an eye out for future developments! There was also a round-up of updates from UKAAF’s various subject groups. The braille group update included an update on copyright legislation and the news that there is now a Welsh braille task group. The US plan to implement UEB in January 2016 so implementation in the UK and the US will be running more or less concurrently. The electronic file group reported on a possible initiative to add accessible PDF to the list of potential formats for pre-16 exams. And last, but not least, the UAG have created a draft customer complaint card that users can hand or send to their
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