this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2024
821 points (98.8% liked)

memes

10324 readers
1636 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I once suggested a similar project at our company. One of our products is labelled in braille. For technical reasons it was the easiest way to drill holes in the front plate and stick a transparent plastic insert through from the back.

My suggestion was to add a few blue LEDs behind it to light up those braille dots. It would have been meaningless for the intended user - but it would have looked way cool!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I often think of this sign I saw at a small children's playground with braille on it hung 6 feet in the air with no way to reach it. Braille printed on a sign posted too high to reach.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think of the sign that says "hot surface do not touch" with accompanying braille.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yep. That one was made by a guy who made all kinds of warning plates for their plant, and legal & corporate requirements were that every sign has to have braille on it. I don't think the department requesting that sign from their sign-making-department had this on their screens...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's also no way for someone who needs Braille to actually DO the "puzzle". The other words don't have Braille, the map appears to be flat. Terrible design.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah the black parts of the sign are recessed. You can see from the lighting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Still, there should be Braille for the text too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Surely they could have made that a little more challenging than having a straight line?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the builder just mounted the panel the wrong way? It serves as a wall for the platform behind it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

There's a different printing on the other side too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'd like to think of that as supplementary design.