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

Fri Nov 11 00:33:38 UTC 2016

I'm not opposed to the touch screen technology, and as much as I've tried 
with the modo g  phone, I'm not getting the knack of it. That's one way to 
say it. Of course I don't have the phone connected right now though I'm not 
giving up on it. I've listened to podcasts for touch screen phones and I was 
on the android list for a period of time, but so far as stupid as it might 
sound to those of you that haveieither or both the i phone or android,  that 
are accomplished in navigating and can use the touch screen. About the best 
way to explain it, so far anyway,  I'm not getting the feel for it yet, 
though I really hope tooeventually, and it's not because I don't want to get 
into using a touch screen. That's part of the key, for me anyway, not yet 
have I've gotten the touch of working the touch screen with ease as many 
people do, and as much as I want too. There's aspects and features of what 
you can do with both the i-phones and the androids which I know I could do 
right now, if I only had the knack of it including the  valuable and 
important and access to different bits of information and so on. While 
there's an app for everything, an app here, and an app there, everywhere an 
app, app, it seems like everyone in the whole world has a smart phone. It's 
true a majority of people that have cell phones do have smart phones which 
is really great. It's also true not everyone as one, as mentioned for not 
having the funds to buy a smart phone, and some of it, there's a number of 
individuals are doing there best to attempt to get the right touch or knack 
to even navigate and work a touch screen. So really it's not out of a case 
that there's necessarily groups of people that don't want to move along to a 
touch screen and or smart phone. There may be some that will never get a 
smart phone, not being a priority for them personally as crazy and stupid as 
it might sound. For some people, change and new things aren't always 
embraced immediately, and in time whatever the new thing is found not to be 
so complicated or a bad thing. I don't know what all the right answers are, 
but as others have said there should bea some way to make appliances and 
other machines  accessible for anyone to use, even if it's a mix of the old 
and new technology. The stoves we looked at for example, were fine in the 
way that for the oven to set the temperature it would beep as you set the 
temperature and as you set it on either bake, and or broil and so on. If 
you're setting the temperature and you loose track you could always turn it 
off and do it again. To me anyway, with newer technology it's acceptable 
where this type of stove is concerned. The stove top was very much like an 
older stove from what I remember which was good. As far as the affordability 
of the smart phones and defending that aspect, for android anyway, The modo 
g and probably some other models of android phones are pretty inexpensive 
compared to what an i  phone and other android phones cost. I'm not an 
expert on all the prices, but the modo g was $170, and I purchased it from 
walmart as a prepaid phone on family mobile which is the walmart phone that 
is on the t-mobile lines. I think what would help me in getting use to my 
modo g is to find a friend nearby that's experienced with touch screens that 
can sit with me as I navigate the screen. They  could help me and instruct 
me with whatever my simple attempts are, pointing out what I'm doing  wrong 
and they could show me how to have the right touch for it. It's something I 
will do as I find someone. I do have some friends in mind. I first really 
wanted to see what I could figure out on my own. One time a sales guy from a 
t and t store, spent 45 minutes with me in the store showing me his i phone, 
turning voice over on for me, and letting me explore the screen, as he was 
explaining things to me. It was such a great experience. At the time my 
friend and I each purchased the t-199 samsung feature phone, she purchased a 
tablet. now I wished I asked her to put talkback on for me,  at least some 
of the time, because, while she didn't need talkback, she would have helped 
me in getting use too it. We have that sort of friendship where we enjoy 
working on things together. We both only knew about talkback from another 
friend of ours. Our other friend familiarized herself with talk back on her 
s3 due to having tumors in her eyes in case she did loose her vision, and we 
all could have worked on that. As I said The 3 of us had that sort of 
friendship. Even starting with the gusto 2 and then when we got the gusto 3 
and then when we got the t-199 for t-mobile we worked on a lot of things 
with one another. In fact when we each purchased the t-199, we didn't know 
that it had speech built into it. We did find out a day later when one of 
my friends was exploring the screen and all the menues. I'm sure I can find 
someone where I am now, since we both moved away from that apartment 
building. So it's not always because people don't want to know,don't have 
the desire to learn touch screens, and yes some are somewhat affordable. At 
times you just need to save up for important things. Even the modo g at $170 
may be to much of an expense of an item to buy in one month. If it's that 
important even to buy, the best thing to do is save up for it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] future of accessibility in appliances and 
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> Jim:
>
> Okay, the smart phone may be one way to have access but, manufacturers 
> still should make heir appliances accessible.  Not every blind or visually 
> impaired person, especially aging seniors, can afford a smart phone.  Also 
> many seniors are not comfortable with the new touch screen technology.
>
> Sandra Johnson
>
> -----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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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 Iâ?Tm 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 Iâ?Tm, 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 wasnâ?Tt 
> aware I was in). Those of us who are still button-pushers, and donâ?Tt 
> 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 
> downâ?"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
>
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> But our unfurnished eyes â?"
> (Emily Dickinson)
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