[nabs-l] Am I the only one?

Tue Mar 13 00:59:00 UTC 2012

Thanks for the help!
Blessings, Joshua

On 3/12/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Josh,
> You  can label soda machines because buttons stay the same; pepsi is always
> pepsi. But if the snack machine is like the one I saw, you cannot label it.
> Things change all the time. You have to see the number letter combination to
> understand it.
> Then you press whatever combo the snack is in. So if cheezits is A 3
> then you press A 3. However as they refill the machine, snacks go in
> different places so what was A 3 will no longer be A 3.
>
> Anyway, I'd just ask someone to assist you; its usually not a big deal since
> students and staff roam the halls all the time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:05 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Am I the only one?
>
> Since I have the soda machine figured out, I'll just need to Braille
> the labels, for the snack machines.
> I'll have to get some assistance, tomorrow.
> Thanks for the idea.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 3/12/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> exactly Marsha; I said the same thing.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marsha Drenth
>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 4:40 PM
>> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Am I the only one?
>>
>> If you use the same soda machine every time, then put Braille labels on it
>> yourself. Ask a sighted person to tell you what is in the machine, make
>> the
>> Braille labels with Dymo tape, and then stick them on yourself.
>>
>> We as students must start taking some of the accessibility into our own
>> hands. You can ask, you can beg, but if you get no results then do it
>> yourself. If you wan to change it, change it. And if someone says your not
>> suppose to do that, say I am blind, and I would like to know what is in
>> the
>> machine to drink.
>>
>> Two cents
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Joshua Lester
>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 4:27 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Am I the only one?
>>
>> I think it should be illegal, for them not to put Braille labels where
>> they belong!
>> Doors, and vending machines, are two things, that need Braille labels,
>> so we can know what to do, and where we're going!
>> My main problem, is that they won't put Braille on the snack machines!
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 3/12/12, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, I've aked for a pepsi and a Mountain Dew popped out of the
>>> machine.  I think colleges are a bit finicky when it comes to
>>> braille on doors, let alone braille on vending achines.
>>> Beth
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:42:48 -0500
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Am I the only one?
>>>
>>> I started a similar thread, on another list, so I figured I'd
>>> take
>>> another poll, on this list.
>>> One time, I went to the vending machine, at school, and put in my
>>> change.
>>> Afterwards, I pushed the button, labeled "Dr Pepper," but when I
>>> pushed it, I got a Mountain Dew!
>>> Am I the only one, that this has happened to, on this list?
>>> I have a question about this very subject.
>>> At LWSB, they had Braille labels, on the coke machines, but why
>>> don't
>>> they require, that colleges do the same?
>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>
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