# Why is there braille on drive-up teller machines?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-braille-on-drive-up-teller-machines/18291>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 1, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-braille-on-drive-up-teller-machines/18291 "2000-05-01T19:51:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![trilobite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@trilobite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trilobite)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-braille-on-drive-up-teller-machines/18291/1 "2000-05-01T19:51:28Z")

</div>

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_010.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html)  
\<p\>  
Cecil has an excellent discussion on the issue. Prior to his column, I had just assumed they are brailled for the same reason guys have nipples.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-braille-on-drive-up-teller-machines/18291/2 "2000-05-01T23:49:52Z")

</div>

For convenience, a corrected link:  
[Why is there braille on drive-up teller machines?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html)

So are you proposing that guys have nipples due to federal mandate? Welcome to the board.

_Boy, I’m glad we have that preview feature now, or it would have taken me 4 posts to recall that I need quotes on the url tag._

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![trilobite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@trilobite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trilobite)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-braille-on-drive-up-teller-machines/18291/3 "2000-05-02T03:04:50Z")

</div>

Tis true. My nipples were federally mandated. Not only that, but they are Y2K compliant, meet ISO standards, are free of MSG, and are quasi-kosher. Plus they turn pretty colours when twisted.  
But back to the subject at hand. I just figgered that the keypads were mass produced --why bother having a second, smaller run of smooth keypads? It’s more cost efficent to keep the same basic design. Just like my nipples. All fourteen of them (per the latest federal mandate).