[Blindtlk] labeling stoves and ovens

[Hyde, David W. (ESC)]

Go and buy some dymo tape. Braille what you want on the dymotape. Label the devices. Now, that is the easy and quick way. Some manufacturers may have templates you can put on your devices. Look at their web sites. Chances are, they will not be the cheap models.

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] labeling stoves and ovens

i live in silverspring md.  how can i get my mickrowave washing and dryer in braille.

On 3/5/13, Bonnie Lucas <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris,
> There are as many ways to label stoves/ovens as there are appliances. 
> The important thing to remember is that whatever you do, if you have a 
> lot of sighted folks in your household, you will want to make sure 
> that whatever you use will not keep them from being able to read. This 
> is almost always the case. For fun, this last move, since both Aubrie 
> and I are blind, I had my friend put small dots cut from the sticky 
> Velcro on the numbers. When my husband went to turn on the oven the 
> first time, he about went crazy realizing that he couldn't read the 
> numbers because they were covered with Velcro. For us, it's like a 
> phone pad without the star and pound keys. We got a great laugh out of 
> that one and he has since learned to adapt--trying to prepare for  
> possible vision loss? The other thing I like to do, though, is to put 
> Braille labels in clear labeling tape either above or below different 
> functions such as broil, convection bake, bake and so on. As you might 
> guess, abbreviating is generally necessary for these labels. This way, 
> you can Be like everyone else and not have to use your memory to know 
> where broil is. They also make bump dots in a variety of colors, 
> including clear, So you won't have to cover up the numbers as I 
> naughtily have done. You can put dots on as many or as few of the 
> numbers as you wish as well. First thing, you need to talk with your 
> mom, I'm guessing, and evaluate just what will work out the best. They 
> also make stuff you can squeeze on that will have to dry for about 24 
> hours. Puff paint is an example of this and "High Marks," has been 
> sold in the ILA catalog.
>
> If that's TMI, forgive me but I hope it is helpful to you or anyone 
> else needing to get some of that labeling done! Have fun cooking!
> Regards,
> Bonnie Lucas
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris 
> Nusbaum
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 5:04 PM
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] labelling stoves and ovens
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to develop a system for labelling the stove and the oven 
> in our kitchen.  Since this will be the first time I have labelled a 
> stove/oven, I don't really know what system of labelling will work 
> best for me.  So, I'm wondering how you label your stoves and ovens.  
> I'm particularly interested in how you label the controls for the 
> burners and the oven? For example, how do you know when you have 
> turned the knob on your oven to 350 degrees when you are preheating an 
> oven? When I went to the Buddy Program at the Louisiana Center for the 
> Blind (LCB,) the controls on our stove/oven were labelled with Wicki 
> Sticks which were placed above each degree mark (325 degrees, 350 
> degrees, etc) and we had to know where the mark we were looking for 
> was.  There are probably many systems for labelling stoves, so I'm 
> just trying to get an idea of what you use so I can determine what 
> works best for me.  Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris
>
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