[Electronics-talk] accessible dishwasher, refrigerator, and washer and dryer

[Jenny Keller]

Hi Dave this is Jenny just wanted to let you know, that we put Velcro strips on our dishwasher and they have not come out with sticky tape on the back.  I should say that the Velcro Artie has a very good sticky tape on the back I'm not sure when you can get it to email me off-line and tomorrow and my husband will tell me.

As far as the washer and dryer, I got mine a long time ago from Sears it was a Kenmore and it just had the dials and that was it. It was a front loader so maybe try to see if that's the case. I can recall it was the cheapest one they had so maybe that'll be great for the bank account and for the accessibility you had a dryer and the same situation except  was the dryer.talk to you soon
Jenny
On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:22 PM, Dave Bahr <dcbahr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I was recommended to this list by the folks over at cooking in the dark. I was wondering if I could get some suggestions for a relatively accessible dishwasher and refrigerator. My fiancé and I are moving into a condo and we need to inform the design center about what accommodations we might need.I am totally blind for the record.
> 
> Regarding the dishwasher, I have done my research and found the American Foundation for the Blind articles but they are from 2007. They recommended Whirlpool and Kenmore brands but did not provide model numbers because they change so frequently. We need a built-in dishwasher rather than one that is top-down. I don't need to access that many settings but it would be nice to be able to control the temperature or the cycle. I know that you can put markings on the front panel or braille them, but it would be nice to have some built-in (in air quotes) accessible features. I have attempted to braille my dishwasher at my parents place but because the front panel gets hot when doing a dry cycle, the braille from the dymo labeler ended up falling off. The folks over at abledata.com recommended a few brands that have a strip of some sort of tactile markings that one can feel. This is, admittedly, a rather vague description but does anybody have something like this?
> 
> Regarding the refrigerator, there is not much to it but I would rather not have one that has a digital screen above the ice and water filter controls. We need a side-by-side refrigerator as my fiancé is in a wheelchair and cannot use either a lower or upper freezer. I would rather not have one with one single button where one has to change from ice to water, but if you do have one or know of one that is accessible with a single button, I am flexible and open to any suggestions you may have.
> 
> Re: washers and dryers, we have a GE model which is somewhat accessible because the knobs click and have an arrow on them. The complex that we are buying the condo in recommended the Whirlpool duet but the reviews on Amazon basically said that there washer and dryer is trash. I'm wondering if anybody has any suggestions for a more accessible model? I know the Whirlpool was favored in the 2007 AFB article for using tones as a means of recognition and accessibility. But if the washer and dryer isn't worth the money, the accessibility makes no difference.
> 
> Regarding price, I'll pay whatever it takes to have something that is somehow blind friendly.
> 
> any suggestions are appreciated,
> thanks, Dave
> 
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