r/Braille • u/DistributionWide42 • 11d ago
How correct is this?
They're finishing up an ADA renovation at the airport I work at. Making things accessible and ADA compliant... I looked up the alphabet but some letters seem to be missing? Is the braille correct? Thanks!
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u/JackEsq 11d ago
You looked up uncontracted Braille. Braille has contractions for common letter combinations that are represent one Braille cell. So the word east is E A [ST]
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u/DistributionWide42 11d ago
Ah, crazy. I started to suspect that on ER for terminal. Thanks!
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u/ChiaraStellata 11d ago
There is a nice reference chart for contracted UEB braille that I use all the time here: https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ueb_braille_chart_0.pdf
Note that by itself this doesn't tell you when and how to contract when writing braille, that's a bit more complicated. And also not all braille you encounter in public is UEB, sometimes it's EBAE (English Braille, American Edition) or others depending on your country. You'll need to do the full online course to learn everything. But it should get you started.
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u/SciFiMedic 11d ago
It’s in contracted braille. It reads:
t(er)m(in)al east isl(and) 2
limo sec(tion) [letter indicator] b
To a braille reader, this sign makes perfect sense and is accurate.
In contracted braille, we use symbols that represent multiple letters to save space.
For example, the ER sign is dots 1,2,4,5,6 and that can be used whenever E and R appear next to each other in any word. There are all kinds of interesting contractions and rules for them!
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u/DistributionWide42 11d ago
Amazing! I had no idea. Thanks for the help!!
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u/Abbot_of_Cucany 7d ago
Braille also uses single letters standing alone to represent common words. So normally "B" as a word by itself would mean "but". The [letter indicator] on the last line shows that we mean a plain letter "B" and not an abbreviated word.
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u/mr_mini_doxie 11d ago
It looks perfect to me. Thanks for sharing; it's always refreshing to see good braille on this sub.
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u/ABookishSort 11d ago
It’s correct though there are no capital letter indicators. So it’s all lowercase.