[Electronics-talk] Inaccessible Appliances

[david hertweck]

Most all of these devices live on the internet already.  There is already an 
interface for status and equipment updates.  If we could make a financial 
case that if we could get access to this it would mean more money in the 
long run.  If we can show these companies that there is a profit in this for 
them then they would be more willing to do something about it.
Please remember company's are in it for the profit not the accessibility. 
If the accessibility is profitable then they will do it.  So let us think 
about how we could create a case to show them if they would make the 
equipment accessable there would be more profits in it for them.
I have found making something accessible makes it more usable for all thus 
more profitable.






-----Original Message----- 
From: Charlotte via Electronics-talk
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:44 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Cc: Charlotte
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Inaccessible Appliances

Exactly. We have one of those laundry card kiosks here in our building.
We have asked office staff for help and sometimes they grudgingly do it
but they're not always in and they don't always want to do it. So it is
a real chore getting money on the card. When we do finally put money on
there with help we tend to put a lot on which takes away from some other
things because we're never sure when we'll get more help.
Charlotte


On 6/30/2015 5:52 AM, Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk wrote:
> There has been a lot of buzz on this list lately about inaccessible 
> touchpad tablets and kiosks that are popping up in restaurants and 
> brick-and-mortar stores.  But what about the appliances being sold by 
> these stores?  Many of them, especially ovens, washing machines, window 
> air conditioners and even refridgerators now have electronic touchpads 
> instead of mechanical controls.  In some cases, the touchpads can be 
> labeled with tactile markers, but not always.  What about commercial 
> washers and dryers that are now the norm in most laundrimats and apartment 
> building laundry rooms?  How does a blind person use these machines 
> without sighted help if labeling their inaccessible touchpads is 
> impractical or forbidden?  And what about those inaccessible laundry card 
> vending machines for adding monetary value to a plastic laundry card that 
> is used to activate these machines?  At least in a restaurant or store 
> there is almost always staff on hand to provide assistance with the 
> electronic tablets and kiosks.  But in a laundry room or laundrimat, there 
> is not always somebody around to ask for help.  Installing your own washer 
> and dryer in your apartment and modifying its touchpad as you see fit is 
> not always practical or may be forbidden outright.  Yet another example of 
> how blind consumers are falling further and further behind their sighted 
> peers as technology becomes ever more sophisticated and less user 
> friendly.
>
> Gerald
>
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