[Electronics-talk] Kelvin Thermostat

[emerge at mindspring.com]

The VIP talking thermostats are not voice activated. You press a button, and it talks to you.

Allen

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ghost Child <myste at cox.net>
>Sent: Feb 7, 2013 7:56 PM
>To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances' <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Kelvin Thermostat
>
>Sorry to hear that the Kelvin isn't around anymore.  I got mine years ago
>and like it a lot.  It has the 4 daily time periods for weekdays, weekends,
>or different settings for every day, as well as for heat and A/C.  It also
>has optional voice-control mode, which is handy.  I've never had any trouble
>with it, and I like being able to ask it from wherever I happen to be what
>the time and temperature are, as well as what its current setting is, and
>being able to adjust it if I choose without having to go over to it and mess
>with the buttons.  This is good for me, as I've been severely arthritic
>since I was a toddler, so the less I abuse my hands and other joints, the
>better!
>
>     Are the units sold on TalkingThermostats.Com voice-activated, or just
>manual?  Just wondering, in case my Kelvin should expire at some point.
>
>Becky C.