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(Forgive the joke, I actually really fucking hate that braille is dying in public spaces as well as people no longer knowing what those cane guides in pavement are for)
I always wondered about public braille. How do the blind people know where to feel?
And also people leaving their fucking rented bikes/scooters in the middle of walkways just because. I hate that people are so inconsiderate but get furiously angry when I think of impaired people.
What guides in the whatting what??
Thanks, your question helped me find the actual name for them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_paving
So this image is from Wikipedia, and the type I am describing is the directional tactile paving. It allows a blind person to follow it like a path because it's a guideline they can feel with their feet or their cane.
That’s a great idea, but I’ve never seen that before. I’ve only seen the dots
Now that you know about it, i bet youll spot it everywhere (depending on country i guess).
Look for them at traffic crossings, railways, bus stops, government buildings, all sorts.
They're everywhere here. I thought they were for added grip
As far as I knew they are mainly to tell a seeing impaired person where not to walk into the street.
They also seem effective at encouraging everyone else to step back a little
But the dot version is standard where I’ve seen.
they're on every train station in austria
They're pretty common in Japan. The lines run one strip wide down the sidewalks, and then there's a more spread out area of dots when you get to the corner of an intersection
Just as an aside, I tried to find some braille stickers for my keyboard. Figured it would cost 5$ or something. I could not find them anywhere. I thought surely this would be a thing on Ali Express. Nope.
I ended up buying some textured stickers that had a unique feeling, but there goes my attempt at learning braille
Make your own?
“Braille Labeler - Braille Tape, Embosser”
Dam, this is also $100.
I saw two different models for $30 each and one model for $54.
I think it is the postage that is making it way too much.
Huh.. I never thought of that..
Quick robin, to the internet cave!
https://www.amazon.com/Braille-Keyboard-Stickers-Visually-Impaired/dp/B001BPYJQO
Thanks, but here is the issue
$90 for stickers seems like a bad financial decision
Hmm. They have free delivery for me (though I'm in the US). Maybe you can just look up the brand on other retailers? Like, I see other retailers selling them on Google Shopping:
https://www.google.com/search?q=datacal+braille&udm=28&shopmd=1
It would be good to add alt text to this image. You can do it by adding it inside the square brackets.