Help & Support
Understanding Braille Standards
Unified English Braille (UEB)
Unified English Braille (UEB) is the modern international code standard for English Braille, adopted across English-speaking countries including the UK, USA, Australia, and Canada. UEB defines how contractions, punctuation, symbols, and technical notation are represented consistently.
AutoDots uses UEB as the default translation standard, ensuring that output is compatible with modern Braille displays and embossers worldwide.
Table and Spatial Layout Guidance
Braille table formatting requires careful spatial representation to preserve meaning and relationships between data. AutoDots follows practical layout rules used by professional transcribers, and outputs should be reviewed against your local standards process.
AutoDots analyzes table structure and applies a suitable tactile layout strategy to keep complex tables readable.
Accessibility Laws & Compliance
Equality Act 2010 (UK)
The Equality Act 2010 requires service providers, employers, and educational institutions to make "reasonable adjustments" to ensure disabled individuals are not disadvantaged. This includes providing documents in accessible formats, such as Braille.
Failure to comply can result in discrimination claims. AutoDots helps organizations accelerate accessible-format workflows, with final review and compliance sign-off handled by your team.
Section 508 & ADA (USA)
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires federal agencies to make electronic and information technology accessible. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) extends similar requirements to state and local governments and public accommodations.
AutoDots is designed to support WCAG-aligned workflows and can reduce accessibility turnaround times, but formal compliance requires your own verification process.
Table Formatting Best Practices
Why Tables Are Challenging in Braille
Visual tables rely on spatial relationships and alignment. In Braille, which is linear and tactile, these relationships must be conveyed through careful formatting and notation.
BANA Section 11 Approach
Common table workflows use three primary formats:
- Linear (List) Format: Best for simple tables with few columns.
- Stairstep Format: Suitable for tables with moderate complexity.
- Column Format: Used for complex tables with many columns and rows.
AutoDots automatically analyzes table structure and selects the most appropriate format for Braille output.
Review Statuses
Public samples use three labels. Draft means useful workflow output that has not been checked by our team. Reviewed means a team member compared it against the source and recorded the limits we found. Verified means the item cleared the current publication checklist and is ready for the public catalogue.
Paid plans also include human review tooling for flagged PDFs. Pro approvals are private to the document owner. Enterprise approvals are organization-scoped. Neither one changes the public Reviewed or Verified trust labels.
Enterprise deep verification adds another assurance pass for critical work, but it does not replace formal sign-off by your own organization or transcriber.
The full methodology and the latest published benchmark summary live on the trust page.