[Electronics-talk] microwaves

[Serena Nickell]

I use puffy paint to mark my buttons.  Emerson has one with buttons for the numbers but the rest of the buttons are touch screen
Serena

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> On Jan 5, 2014, at 10:56 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> How do you make your microwave accessible? Do they make ones with dials where you click them into place as they used to?
> These strike me as more accessible as there is less things to press.
> I don’t think they make microwaves with buttons anymore, right?
> I had one like that in our old house, twenty years ago.
> It felt like a telephone keypad and was easy to use.
> 
> All new appliances seem to have flat screens.
> If not, all are those touch pads, which mean we have to label them.
> 
> 
> If you label it, do you use braille? I’ve noticed there’s so many buttons. I’ve just labeled the essential items. I was able to label with two letters per button which is a good thing as one letter would not work because it could mean several things. So, I wrote cl for clear and ck for cook time.
> I heard there was one talking microwave, but I would not get it, as its overpriced. I figure I can adapt an off the shelf product.
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