Flight attendant reported that the braille safety guides installed on the aircraft lack covers; tabl...

Narrative:

[One of] our passengers; who is blind; asked to read our braille safety guide after his briefing. Passenger noticed two significant discrepancies that could impact the safety of our blind passengers.the first is there was no cover or table of contents. If he quickly needed to find specific information; he would not have been able to do so. He has read our braille safety guides before and knew that they should come with these pages.the second issue was the braille was written in an old format. He advised that it should be printed in unified english braille; as that became the adopted standard form of braille writing in 2016.recommendations are as follows: -provide a protective covering to prevent pages becoming ripped or missing. -Include page numbers that flight attendants can read so they will know if they are providing a complete safety guide.-print new braille safety guides using unified english braille.lessons learned include to always ask questions and give our guest opportunities to help us be safer and accommodating to all travelers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported that the Braille Safety Guides installed on the aircraft lack Covers; Table of Contents; and are printed in an obsolete format and require upgrade.

Narrative: [One of] our passengers; who is blind; asked to read our Braille safety guide after his briefing. Passenger noticed two significant discrepancies that could impact the safety of our blind passengers.The first is there was no cover or table of contents. If he quickly needed to find specific information; he would not have been able to do so. He has read our Braille safety guides before and knew that they should come with these pages.The second issue was the Braille was written in an old format. He advised that it should be printed in Unified English Braille; as that became the adopted standard form of Braille writing in 2016.Recommendations are as follows: -Provide a protective covering to prevent pages becoming ripped or missing. -Include page numbers that flight attendants can read so they will know if they are providing a complete Safety Guide.-Print new Braille safety guides using Unified English Braille.Lessons learned include to always ask questions and give our guest opportunities to help us be safer and accommodating to all travelers.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1698402
Time
Date	201910
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Emergency Equipment
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Flight attendant reported that the braille safety guides installed on the aircraft lack covers; table of contents; and are printed in an obsolete format and require upgrade.