[real-eyes] Guiding Systems for the Blind in Japan
- From: "Emily M. Parris" <emily@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:29:44 -0500
I was doing some searching on the web about braille and found out that
in Japan they have guiding systems for blind travelers. They have special
tiles that run along the sidewalks in the cities of Sasebo and Fukuoka.
Straight lines indicate a path to follow; dotted tiles could be arranged to
show a split in the path or a waiting point such as a crosswalk or a bus
stop. There is also braille on the handrails giving information that
sighted people would probably never notice.
I didn't find an actual web page about it - just some blogs. Had anyone
heard of this before?
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