[Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Matt and everyone,

    I'm going to ask Mary to come in on this discussion. Since she's on this 
list she'll see this thread. We removed the trial and error aspect by having 
a sighted person help us label the appliances. One problem solved. We try to 
get our hands on appliances with traditional controls but realize that until 
manufactures are required to make all appliances accessible and usable by 
the blind labeling them with assistance is the best way to go.

    I seriously doubt that simply affixing a Braille label to a control area 
on an appliance will void any warranty. It's not like you're trying to 
dissect the thing. It's when you attempt to repair them yourself that you 
run the risk of voiding a warranty. And if it happened report it to the 
NFB's legal staff as such behavior by an appliance manufacturer would give 
us additional ammunission to insist on the adoption of legislation to insure 
that home appliances and electronics are 100% accessible too and usable by 
the blind.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Chao" <mattchao at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges


Yes, that's the problem - lots of time/trial and error in
labeling.  And sometimes, marking up a new item may void the
warranty.  Ideas, anyone?  Have been researching this for over a week
now with few decent results.--Matthew Chao

At 10:37 AM 1/26/2013, you wrote:
>Good morning Matt and everyone,
>
>     Marking up the controls with lock dots and/or Braille labels will most
>likely be your only solution. We had the same issue with our microwave and
>range ovens. Placing Braille labels over the areas where the controls are
>was the only way we could make them usable by a blind person. We recently
>had a new microwave given to us and need to have it labeled. Here's hoping
>you can find a range that will work for you and require minimal labeling.
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matthew Chao" <mattchao at verizon.net>
>To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:26 AM
>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges
>
>
>Hi, Folks.  I need to get a new stove for my house.  In looking
>around, I've had a tough time finding accessible stoves, primarily
>because the oven displays are of clear plastic with no textured
>labels or bubble-like membrane buttons.  Controls need to be in the
>front.  Read articles about accessible appliances at the AFB Web
>site, but still no luck.  Any ideas?  I'm not eager to mark up
>displays with those plastic dots or have to take a long time to do up
>Dymo tape labels.  Any help would be appreciated in finding an
>accessible stove.  Thanks in advance.--Matthew Chao
>
>.
>
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