[Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators

[David Andrews]

Yes, there is, it is in ada rules and regs, the Main and * labeling 
are ADA things.

Dave

At 12:59 PM 3/13/2015, you wrote:
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>The street level floor usually says main in Braille. It often has a 
>number in print. It also has a raised star to indicate street level. 
>I don't know, if there is something in the ADA regs about how 
>elevators should be labeled.
>
>Ellen
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>From: Nfbmd [mailto:nfbmd-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>Reyazuddin, Yasmin via Nfbmd
>Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 1:45 PM
>To: Michelle Clark; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>Subject: Re: [Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators
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>Hi Michelle,
>Main floor in an elevator should be main. I does not need to be 1 as well.
>In many federal buildings, there is a ground floor then basement and 
>then the main level. The Ground floor has a G, Basement has a B, and 
>the main sometimes has L.
>It should not be same all the time. It depends on what they want to 
>call it. The building where DORS office is located in Wheaton, has 
>the main level, on the 3rd floor.
>
>I believe it depends on what is the front of the building and 
>whether you call is the lobby or the main level.
>
>Yasmin Reyazuddin
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>On Behalf Of Michelle Clark via Nfbmd
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>Subject: [Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators
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>Hello,
>
>Can someone answer this question or point me in the right direction? 
>There is a  small elevator next to my office door that did not have 
>Braille on the outer portions so once it stopped, one had no clue of 
>the floor in which it stopped. My building management worked with me 
>to add the Braille.
>
>However, yesterday I  checked it and it seems to be incorrect.
>1.       The Braille on the first floor indicates "Main" but the 
>numbers read "1". The main floor is not always the first floor. 
>Should it say "1" as written on the placard along with Main?
>2.       In the basement, the Braille has a  ".B", I  imagine to 
>represent Basement, but that is not what it means in Braille.
>3.       This is a  Federal Building.
>
>They tell me they use a  prison Braille Program to do the Braill for 
>them. However, I  am thinking the information that is wrong came 
>from the person who sent it to the prison. Can I  get some ideas on 
>how to handle this and some thoughts on the correct manner in which 
>it should be represented in Braille?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michelle

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