Braille Authority of North America

The standards-setting body responsible for establishing braille codes and guidelines for the production of braille materials in the United States and Canada. BANA publishes guidelines for tactile graphics, braille formatting, and specialized braille codes for mathematics, music, and other domains. Their tactile graphics guidelines provide recommendations for simplification, labeling, line types, and the representation of visual information in tactile form, serving as a key reference for producers of accessible educational and informational materials.