[Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility

Sun Feb 14 23:00:04 UTC 2016

				Ditto. Xfinity/Comcast also have this
capability. 
You need to call the call center and tell them what you need. If you say
"accessable box" the person on the other end of the phone won't have a clue
what you are talking about. State the capability you need/want and see how
they respond.

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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility

It's also possible to do this with comcast/xfinity, I know I needed to do it
once already.

On Sun, 14 Feb 2016, Rob Kaiser via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 16:28:46
> From: Rob Kaiser via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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> Cc: Rob Kaiser <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
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> You would think that other cable companies would follow suit on this.
>
> Rob Kaiser
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Annette Carr via Electronics-Talk
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> Cc: Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
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> With Verizon FYOS, you can initiate a box reset over the phone, before 
> you talk to a real person.
> Annette
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> Behalf Of Rob Kaiser via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 3:48 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
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> How are you able to set the cable box by phone? I had a problem with 
> my cable last week. I called Charter (a web site that is not 
> accessible) & they like most cable companies asked me what was on the 
> screen. When I told them I am totally blind & I cannot see the screen, 
> they wanted to make an appointment for a tech to come out. There was 
> no way to set the cable box by push buttons. Does anyone know when 
> Comcast's audio box for the cable box will be ready? I have a feeling 
> that once Comcast gets that ready & it is a feature one can get, other
cable companies will have to follow suit on this.
> If they don't they will lose many blind people. Of course, Comcast 
> isn't availablein some areas.
>
> I also agree with your idea Gerald as to the factcompanies should 
> return to regular buttons that we can use.
>
> Rob Kaiser
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 10:15 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances 
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> Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
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>
> I have an even better idea.  Forget all this bluetooth and Internet 
> nonsense.  Why not make appliances with tactile buttons and switches 
> like in the good old days?  What a concept!!  The problem is that the 
> design and manufacture of appliances has largely been taken over by 
> the Chinese who are more interested in making cheap products than in 
> making them universally accessible.  And now that GE has agreed to 
> sell its appliance business to the Chinese electronics and appliance 
> giant, Haier,appliance accessibility is likely to get even worse.
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cheez via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 12:06 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: cheez
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
>
> 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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> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
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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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