[Electronics-Talk] The Future of Product Accessibility

[Fred Wurtzel]

Hello Andy,

I suppose there is always room for more advocacy, but I see a lot of great advocacy on this list, from our national NFB office, from Twitter and lots of other places.  Our challenge is that there are so many manufacturers and so many products which change so fast.  Right now, I really like the iGrill and the Instant Pot for cooking.  These products are both fully accessible and make timing and temperature monitoring an science.

With the IGrill, there are temperature probes which can be used either in the oven or on the grill.  The user inserts the probes into the meat and starts it cooking.  There is a Bluetooth app which connects to the iPhone and the temperature and time can be set.  The app will alert the user when the proper temperature is reached thus preventing over or under cooking. 

There are 2 models, with up to 4 probes for multiple items cooking simultaneously.  You can simply put one probe in the oven to monitor the ambient temperature to be sure the oven is set properly.

By the way, it also works in the freezer, so the user can check things which need cooling down.

The Instant Pot is a fully accessible pressure cooker/slow cooker/rice cooker.  It is very precise and takes the guesswork out of cooking.

These are 2 great products which are very helpful and fully accessible.  The iGrill can be purchased from ATGuys.com and the Inst Pot can be purchased from Amazon or other department stores.  I like ATGuys.com because this company is owned and operated by blind people.  Amazon, not so much (smile).

Hope this helps

Warmest Regards,

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 1:36 PM
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Cc: Andy Baracco <wq6r at socal.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] The Future of Product Accessibility

I agree! The blindness consumer agencies and blind persons themselves have not been good advocates.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Foret jr via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 7:41 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: Ray Foret jr
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] The Future of Product Accessibility

As I see it, it’s our job to make sure things are as we say they should be. 
Blaming politisions only goes so far and is, quite candidly, a cop out.


Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in

Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,

Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless 
iPhone7+ and Apple TV user!

> On Nov 9, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>
> Now that Donald Trump has been elected president, I wonder how this 
> will affect the future of product accessibility?  Trump has publicly 
> stated on the record that he favors less government regulation.  Does 
> this mean that he will push to repeal the Telecommunications 
> Accessibility Act of 2010 that mandates that TV sets and cable boxes 
> be made accessible to blind consumers?  Will manufacturers be 
> permitted to introduce ever more inaccessible electronic products and 
> appliances because  Trumpand the Republican Congress oppose 
> governmental oversight and regulation? Trump has demonstrated his 
> disdain for the disabled by publicly mocking a disabled reporter 
> without apology.  Do we blind consumers now face the prospect of 
> taking a giant leap backwards in terms of product accessibility?  This 
> is a really frightening prospect.  Who is going to protect our interests?
>
> Gerald
>
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