[Electronics-Talk] dishwashers

[Gerald Levy]

Unfortunately, it is difficult to find appliances these days that still use 
mechanical pushbuttons and knobs.  Soft touch electronic pushbuttons seem to 
be the norm, and unless they emit an audible sound when they are pressed, it 
is impossible to know whether they have been activated without being able to 
see the status of the indicator lights.  I can no longer do my own laundry 
in the laundry room of my apartment complex because the washers and dryers 
have flat panel electronic pushbuttons whose status is impossible to 
determine without sighted help, and they use a totally inaccessible laundry 
card system to boot instead of coins.  Is this supposed to be "progress"?

Gerald



-----Original Message----- 
From: evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:18 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: evelyn weckerly
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] dishwashers

Hi, Chris,

I lookf at dishwashers at my favorite appliance store nesterday
evening.  The ones that have push buttons have just lights to
indicate selected settings.  Some of the buttons were onstoff,
and others had menus.  My old dishwashg has a row of buttons and
no onscreen menus.  When you push a button, you know that the
item has been activated because the button remains pushed down
throughout the cycle.  The new dishwashers don't do that.  I
don't want to have to have someone rescct the choices I use most
Eenever there is a problem.  Are your buttons light-dependent, or
does each button remain pushed in until the cycle is finished?

Thanks.

Evelyn



----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-Talk
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To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and
appliances<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:34:14 -0600
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] dishwashers

I bought a GE in 2012 that just has a row of buttons across the
top.
It's perfectly accessible.  I'd suggest going to a big box store
and just
checking out your different options.

aOn 25/01/16 12:29, evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk wrote:
Hi, Everyone,

I'm succenly in the market for a new dishwasher because mine
would not
start and, being almost 22 years old, is likely dead.  Because
it had a
row of buttons, I had to do nothing about accessibility-not even
labels.  I'd be interested in your eanderiences with recent
models
concerning accessibility and reliability.  Thanks in advance.

Cordially,

Evelyn

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