Category: The Rave Board
I'm so excited about this! I just got back from the store and actually just finished eating a lunch that I could make completely by myself! While at the store, Mom and I were at the reduced price section, and I happened to find a box with Braille written directly on it! It turned out to be a small microwave meal of Lasagna Bolognese! I think that might be a brand or I don't know. Anyway, the first box was actually that but it was spinach lasagna, and the other one was a regular one with just bologna. Anyway, I really wanted to write or call them so say how happy I was for their Brailling on the box, but Mom read that the company was in Brazil. It actually got me thinking how behind the U.S. must be in actually labeling their foods too. Actually there are now some stick-on labels, but never have I seen a pre-labeled box already at the store! It had the name of the brand, the type of meal, the IFC number and the warning and for how long to heat the meal for. So yeah, just really wanted to share that happy thing that happened! I just hope that more companies pick up the idea to include Braille on their products like this company did. Unfortunately, I don't know the name, but when I find out, I'll post it back on here. *smiles*
labeled boxes at the stores... it's only a dream here
so much of a dream that when i heard someone on here talking about braille menus at the restaurants in the us it took me a long while to believe that they weren't all joking. we'll probably never have a thing in braille here
Oh that's really cool, I hope more companies think to do that.
That's exciting. I wonder how the braille will hold up in the freezer? Of course, that will depend on what the box is made of. A friend of mine showed me a box of cough drops manufactured in Germany that had the braille on them as to what they were, but that's the only thing like it I've seen.
Lou
Cool. *smiles* Yeah, the box is made of cardboard. I was a little surprised because it was not in a freezer section when I bought it, so I ate one the day I bought it, and the other I ate the next day, because I wasn't sure whether or not I was supposed to freez it when I got home. But yeah, I doubt the Braille would've lasted long if it was a frozen food and the way it was Brailled on the cardboard. I turned out not to be that into the food honestly, but the Braille was still cool to have. *smiles*
And to Posts 2 and 3, that's true. I don't think we will ever get to have many products Brailled like that in the U.S. at all, but even just finding, some, like that feels cool because to me, it shows someone thought about making buying/using something easier for blind people. And it's just cool to find that Braille was included as part of the product. *smiles*
And yeah, the only other 3 thingsI know of that had Braille, were this long pillbox with the first letter of each day on it, those letter magnets with Braille on them, and one of those learning toys with the letter games and stuff that had the Brailled letter above the push-button letter-shaped print ones. (Actually, I only have the learning toy, but yeah.(
There was some tupperware that had braille on the bottoms of the bowls, but other than that, off the top of my head, I can't think of anything else. Oh, way back in the 70's, there were a couple Stevie Wonder albums that had a braille inscription on the front.
Lou
there is some lotion I get called Ultra rich and it has braille on the container, don't know who makes it but I need to order more.
Hmmm! Interesting, but Brailled meals here in Britain? I wish! All right, we've got the talking tins, but they just waste loads of time, we have tie-on plastic labels and a Dymo gun, but you can't even get them from RNIB anymore for some bizarre reason, so anyone who wants one, sorry, you're too late. Certain bottles of caustic household substances such as Thick Bleach or WC Cleaner, have Braille labels located near the caps of the bottles over here and I know someone who mentioned they'd seen a Brailled bottle of shampoo in some shop or other, but no, us VI folks're only a minority, an everyday burden or nuissance here, so no Brittish manufacturer/company's going to Braille all of its food tins, jars, packets or boxes, so for now, it's either our nearest and dearest recording the instructions in to the talking tins and strapping them on to the printed sleeves or boxes for us to refer too Monday lunchtime when we have to cook a Microwave stew with dumplings. O goody goody.
Jen.
Aw'w'w sorry, or, we'll just have to "pot luck" when we go to find the microwave meal in the fridge, minus the can, like that fateful evening when mum was out, I went looking for my Chicken Tikka dinner, got what i thought was the right pack out of the fridge, stuck it in the microwave for the required time, then wondered why I couldn't smell curry when it should've been nearly ready. I opened the microwave door only to find that I'd been trying to microwave one of those ready packs of chicken breast from raw. Needless to say, it wouldn't've cooked through properly in the microwave, I didn't want chicken on its own for tea at that particular moment and I couldn't put the chicken in its half-cooked state back in the fridge. What a nice little breeding ground for bacteria that would've made, so there was nothing for it, but to chuck the damn thing in our outside bin. When I eventually did locate the meal I was supposed to have, I realised to my horror, that this pack had two compartments, one containing the chicken in the Tikka sauce and the other larger compartment containing the rice to go with it. Mum was cool about it though, thank god, but so much for Braille instructions on Brittish microwave dinners, eh? I'd've found the correct pack straight away if I'd A. Been able to read what was on the sleeve and B. if mum had told me it had two compartments in the tray.
Jen.
I've seen Braille on the cup covers they use at McDonalds, but that's it.
I bet most people don't even notice the braille on bathrooms and other places. It would be cool to just have the product name in braille to start off.
Oh yeah. I had forgotten about the cup covers on fastfood cups. I don't think most people really pay attention to that, although I did have a girl at Sonic that used those little bumps you push down to indicate which cup was mine, and I honestly thought that was one of the best customer service things I've had happen.
And yeah, that would be cool if they at least had the product names in Braille. That would make it much easier to shop independently I think.
To Post 10 and 11, yeah. That stinks about your getting the wrong thing and then finding out too late about the correct food you wanted. I've never had that happen personally, but there have been times where I've wanted to cook something, and I would have to ask a family member what it is or to have them just get it for me. that is pretty frustrating. It is good though that some of the cleaning products have Braille on them. And yeah, I agree that that's probably why there isn't Braille on most products, because blind people are a small minority. It is good though that there are some companies that think differently and consider blind people when making their products though. I think it wouldn't hurt to at least put the barcode and product name as an above post had mentioned, we could get instructions from the Internet or scanning the printed ones or by having someone read them to us, but even just having the product name would make things much better I think.