[Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges

Sat Jan 26 23:47:26 UTC 2013

Hi Annette, I'm sure that you can order more lables for the Pen Friend. I 
have a friend who has tried one and she gave me a demo of it before she 
explored what's called a Voice Memo which is the Pen Friend's brother if you 
will. The Voice Memo is very simular to the Pen Friend but you can record 
notes with it and it has its own memory. Feel free to call up the 
manufacturer and look into the extra lables for the Pen Friend. I don't have 
their number. You could use the extra lables for upstairs instead of buying 
another Pen Friend. I hope it will help you!
Kendra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges


>I agree, these days you are going to have to put some type of accessible
> labeling on your appliances.  I had to get sighted assistance to add 
> braille
> dymo tape labels to my dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator, and oven
> controls.  I have the Whirlpool Duet washer and dryer and have not needed 
> to
> label them.  There are however some buttons that I cannot remember what 
> they
> do, which is annoying.
>
> If you do not read braille and you are not sharing your appliances with
> sighted household members, I'm wondering if the PenFriend would be 
> helpful.
> You could apply a small round PenFriend label to each button on the 
> "static"
> flat panel control and record a message about that button.  Of course this
> would require that you have your PenFriend handy, but I'm finding that I'm
> using mine most often in the kitchen and might need to get a second one 
> for
> upstairs.  Just my 2 cents.
>
> Annette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mary Donahue
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:55 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges
>
> Hello Matt and everyone,
>
> I agree. When we got our first microwave with a digital screen and
> no dials, my parents were visiting so they helped me label it. When we 
> moved
> into this townhome, our oven with built-in microwave oven did not have
> buttons, either. A daughter of one of the Lions Club members helped me 
> label
> the oven, among other things. We have a small microwave at the present 
> time
> that has no dials, and I plan to get someone to label it as soon as
> possible. There is no way of avoiding putting on Braille labels these 
> days.
> Get used to it!
> Mary Donahue
>
> "Be well, do good work, and keep in touch."
> Garrison Keillor
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:23 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Electric Ranges
>
> 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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