[Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility

[cheez]

I think so.  But I haven't read much about Alexa's applications.

Vince

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>I wonder if Alexa could be used for this.  Isn't Alexa already being used
> for home environmental control?  I'll have to do some research on this.
>
> Annette
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> Why not bypass bluetooth and make appliances accessible via the Internet.
> If one can communicate with a fridge using a computer or smartphone, then
> why not make it possible for one to set appliances the same way?
> Now it may sound crazy, but if one doesn't have a computer or smartphone,
> then they could use a landline like one can do to reset cable boxes and 
> the
> like.
>
> Vince
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>> Many years ago now, the brilliant engineer Tim Cranmer had an idea of how
>> to
>> make appliances accessible.  We would get a law passed requiring
>> manufacturers to include a chip which would broadcast menu info to a 
>> blind
>> person's device of choice.  Those days, it was something like a Braille 
>> 'n
>> Speak.  These days, it would probably be a smart phone, with the signal
>> via
>> Bluetooth.
>>
>> Could some version of this idea be workable today?  It wouldn't solve the
>> problem of a touch screen control, as someone described for some
>> dishwashers, but it would help with the problem of one button controlling
>> different menus and submenus, like some washers I've seen.
>>
>> I'm not keen on my appliances being connected to the internet, but I'm
>> also
>> not happy with the struggle it can be these days to find something I can
>> easily use.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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