There's a story told to me by the local butcher possibly apocryphal of the Braille signage proudly displayed by a council...Behind glass. On 19 Jul 2013, at 10:17, CJ & AA MAY wrote: > Even when they do provide Braille, it is often not thougt through. I went to > a zoo in Melbourne where each cage had a Braille label but it was at knee > level and also, instead of being laid flat, it was against a plinth, facing > towards you so you needed to crouch but then read it with your fingers > pointing upwards. > Alison > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Pele West > Sent: 19 July 2013 07:50 > To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Off topic, Accessible? signs. > > Hi Trish > > That is great. Once again, apologies for those who have heard this before. > > My sister-in-law was involved in displaying braille signs in a new building. > They made signs for room numbers and the canteen and so on, but no braille > signs for the loos. When my sister-in-law challenged this she was told that > blind people would know as they could look at the Gents and Ladies signs. > The sign people would not give way, as far as I know, even though my > sister-in-law explained that these were probably the most important signs > they could display. > > There weren't any braille books. > > Pele > >