[Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: dishwashers

Tue Jan 26 16:46:32 UTC 2016

				This would be my advice too.

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Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 11:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: dishwashers

Unfortunately, the apartment laundry room scenario that you describe is all
too common, and the only suggestion that I would have is to try to find an
apartment that is designed in such a way as to allow you to install your own
appliances, but I realize that this setup may be difficult to find, and if
you do find it, the apartment may be expensive. I did find one once, and was
also fortunate that the previous tenants left their appliances behind when
they moved.

Andy

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Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 7:30 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Electronics-Talk] dishwashers

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

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From: evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:18 AM
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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 <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
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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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