[Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances and devices

[Gerald Levy]

The biggest advantage of using a rice cooker is that it is more foolproof 
and safer than cooking rice on top of the stove.  You don't have to worry 
about undercooking or overcooking it because it is cooked perfectly every 
time.  And you don't have to handle a boiling pot of water.  How many times 
have you placed a pot of water on the stove, turned on the burner and walked 
out of the kitchen, become distracted and forgotten about it only to rush 
backd later to discover that the water has completely boiled out, leaving 
the pot and its contents a charred mess?  This can't happen with a rice 
cooker.

Gerald



-----Original Message----- 
From: Shannon Cook via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 1:39 PM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: Shannon Cook
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances and 
devices

Hi,

I have never owned a rice cooker.  What makes it better than cooking rice in 
a pot on the stove?

Shannon Cook, MSW, CPM
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From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 1:40 PM
To: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances and 
devices

Those who have studied Production And Operations Management know packaging 
changes which is part of what making tactile buttons involves are some of 
the most expensive changes manufacturers make to products.
Or at least that was the case before 3-dimensional printing came into 
existence.  Why it is a company with one of these printers is not yet mass 
producing tactile buttons for several appliance lines I don't yet know.  If 
I ever get one of those printers that's one thing I intend to try doing with 
it once enough testing gets done to verify correctly designed buttons will 
be produced.

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:14:56
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances and
>     devices
>
>
> If the appliance manufacturers can make their products accessible by
> means of a smart phone app, then they could just as easily make them
> more accessible by using a control panel with tactile buttons.
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim McCarthy via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 9:41 AM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Jim McCarthy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances
> and devices
>
> Sandra,
> The smart phone providing access to appliances actually might prove
> helpful to you given what you describe. That is if you had access to a
> qwerty keyboard or braille display. The majority of touch screen
> gestures and methods do have keyboard equivalents. I agree with Dave
> that smart phone access to appliances would be one more access tool
> and it also seems one that the appliance manufacture community might 
> pursue.
> Jim McCarthy
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 9:46 PM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sandra Streeter
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances and
> devices
>
> All in for a range of solutions! I, for one, have had a devil of a
> time mastering any touch-screen device (except my microwave), because
> I?m a lousy auditory learner who needs both Braille and practice to
> master even a smartphone, and because I have some fine-motor issues
> that make it harder to ensure that I?m, say, double-tapping something
> instead of tapping once and accidentally moving my finger without
> knowing it, then attempting the second half of the gesture (in the new
> place I wasn?t aware I was in). Those of us who are still
> button-pushers, and don?t want to use touch screens or to talk to a
> device, are left out in the cold. . Smartphones would not be an option
> for me. Besides which, say the Internet part of the grid (but not all
> electronic areas) went down?getting our phones to talk to our devices
> so we can set them properly might be a major issue. And, I am totally
> in agreement that we need to be better advocates for ourselves,
> instead of waiting for a politician or governmental system to finally 
> see/do something about our needs. Not all de-regulation is a bad thing.
>
>
>
> Sandra
>
> Not ?Revelation? ? tis ? that waits
> But our unfurnished eyes ?
> (Emily Dickinson)
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