Hi Jacob, I travel quite a bit abit around the country with my 40 year
old "God Child," Tom. Tom is a cross country 18 wheel truck driver.
From time to time I get to ride "shot gun" with him. just for the fun
and adventure this 81 year old vision impaired WW II Veteran. As a
single USAF Ltcol, Ret., former pilot, motorcycle rider, camper and
wilderness back packer, it surely beats watching the travel channel on
TV. We often stop to eat at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant chain around
the country. For many years this chain has available on request a
Braille and large print menu for blind and visually impaired guests. I
sometimes have to request this menu as not all their staff are aware of
this menu format. There are some other eateries that do accomadate the
blind and visually impaired, but I don't recall which ones. Suggestion,
I always ask for the Braille/large print menu, and occasionally they
have one. But, if everyone who reads this were to ask for a
Braille/large print menu when eating out, we would see more and more
eating establishments making them available for us.
Ciao, Gordon Wahl
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Jacob Joehl wrote:
>
> Yesterday at breakfast while out of town for a friend's wedding, my brother,
> my sister and I all got to order from Braille menus and it was sweet. The
> waiter asked my father, upon our entry into the restaurant of the hotel at
> which we stayed, if we'd each like our own Braille menus. They were prepared
> by Braille Ready, Inc., if any of you are familiar with that place. I'm not.
> Jacob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Wassmer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:03 PM
> Subject: Restaurant Praised For Its Braille Menus
>
> I thought this may have some interest for reading.
> > BB
> > > RESTAURANT PRAISED FOR ITS BRAILLE MENUS
> > >
> > > Wales, U K
> > >
> > > A New addition to the menu of a Swansea restaurant is being praised as a
> > touch of class. Spice, in
> > > St Helen's Road, has taken the rare step of including Braille symbols on
> > its menus.
> > >
> > > It is hoped the Braille will make it easier for the blind and
> > partially-sighted to order without
> > > having the menu read to them.
> > >
> > > Restaurant owner Wahid Ali said: "I got the idea when a table of people
> > came in and one gentleman
> > > was blind.
> > >
> > > "The people he was with had to read the menu to him and I thought we
> could
> > do something to make him
> > > and other blind people feel a bit more independent."
> > >
> > > The menus for the Indian and Thai restaurant were produced by the
> > Recording Centre for the Blind at
> > > Swansea University.
> > >
> > > Centre manager Kathy Williams said: "This is only the second time we've
> > been asked to Braille
> > > restaurant menus.
> > >
> > > "It's good to see a restaurant being proactive in getting the menus
> > Brailled for its customers. It
> > > puts blind customers on an equal footing with sighted people and means
> > they don't have to have the
> > > menu read out aloud for them."
> > >
> > > The centre currently supports about 14 visually impaired students at the
> > university.
> > >
> > > But translating the Indian dish names into embossed symbols is not the
> > norm at the centre.
> > >
> > > "It's certainly a change from the usual transcriptions we do here," said
> > Mrs Griffiths. "Most of our
> > > work is with academic texts and course materials. We provide Braille,
> > tapes, large print and disks
> > > for the blind and partially-sighted students on campus.
> > >
> > > "These Braille menus contain the same English spellings for the Indian
> > dish names as the print
> > > menus. Blind customers read these menus in the same way as sighted
> readers
> > who don't necessarily
> > > know the foreign words."
> > >
> > >
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