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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I have also seen the letter G used to number the floors below main, like G1, G2, when it is for parking.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Terry Powers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Michelle Clark via Nfbmd [mailto:nfbmd@nfbnet.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2015 1:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NFB of Maryland e-mail list'; 'NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbmd] Question About Braille on elevators<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, yesterday I checked it and it seems to be incorrect.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>In the basement, the Braille has a “.B”, I imagine to represent Basement, but that is not what it means in Braille.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>This is a Federal Building.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michelle<o:p></o:p></p>
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