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Yes, there is, it is in ada rules and regs, the Main and * labeling are
ADA things.<br><br>
Dave<br><br>
At 12:59 PM 3/13/2015, you wrote:<br>
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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.<br>
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Ellen<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2015 1:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michelle Clark; NFB of Maryland e-mail list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators<br>
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Hi Michelle, <br>
Main floor in an elevator should be main. I does not need to be 1 as
well. <br>
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. <br>
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 3<sup>rd</sup> floor. <br>
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I believe it depends on what is the front of the building and whether you
call is the lobby or the main level. <br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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However, yesterday I checked it and it seems to be incorrect.<br>
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?<br>
2. In the basement, the Braille has
a “.B”, I imagine to represent Basement, but that is not what
it means in Braille.<br>
3. This is a Federal
Building.<br>
<br>
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?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Michelle<br>
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