[Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Another comment,  main will always be used on the floor that has the main exit.  I was in a building where the main exit was the second floor, once.
I have also seen the letter G used to number the floors below main, like G1, G2, when it is for parking.

Terry Powers


From: Michelle Clark via Nfbmd [mailto:nfbmd at nfbnet.org]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 1:41 PM
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Subject: [Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators

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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