[Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility

Sun Feb 14 23:29:41 UTC 2016

I just go into my account app provided by xfinity and find the reset set 
top box and reset modem buttons and double tap whichever I need to get 
the job done.  Just that complex you get a confirmation dialog and then 
the action happens.

On Sun, 14 Feb 2016, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:24:40
> From: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <geodom at optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
> 
> Comcast already has this accessable box.  My cousin got it.  I told her about 
> it and she asked me for the information.  I asked her if she was successful 
> in getting it, and she said yes.  I asked her that, because some people had 
> said they were having trouble making the customer service people understand 
> what they were talking about.  She also told me that her husband got her 
> something like dragon naturally speaking for her computer.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Rob Kaiser via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 3:48 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Rob Kaiser
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
>
> 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 companieswill 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
> Email;
> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk" 
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> To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'"
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> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 8:35 AM
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Appliance accessibility
>
>
>> 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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