[Electronics-talk] microwaves

[Sandy]

Ashley,

I used to have a microwave I labeled with Braille on Dymo tape.  There were 
some things I didn't label, but I did do d e f for defrost and b e v for 
beverage.  I used c l r for clear.  My friend, who taught rehab to blind, 
gave me the idea of using two full cells of Braille for clear, which I did 
on a later micro.  I labeled all the numbers, though the same rehab friend 
said she labeled the numbers on the left and right ends of each row.  Now I 
have one of the overly priced talking microwaves, which that friend gave me 
one year for combination Christmas/birthday present.  My other old one does 
not work well.  The inside of this one is chipping off in places on its 
sides and underneath the turntable. It is Hamilton Beach, which I hear is 
not made with speech anymore (this is about 3 years old).


Sandy

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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 11:56 PM
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Electronics-talk] microwaves

> 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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