[Electronics-Talk] sticky dots?

[cheez]

Personally, I concur with your system, Annely.
However, whatever works for each individual, that's fine too.

Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annely Rose via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] sticky dots?


> Hi,
>
> Maxi-Aids calls them bump dots.  But my experience has been that the bump 
> dots from Maxi-Aids don't stick as long as those I have bought from a big 
> box hardware store such as Home Depot or Lowe's.  They can also be found, 
> from what I'm told, at Walmart in the hardware department.  In the local 
> stores they are identified as furniture bumpers used under glass covered 
> tables or desks or for cabinet doors as bumpers.  These stores usually 
> carry a small variety of sizes.
>
> And in my opinion, you don't need to mark all the numbers on the 
> microwave.  How often does anyone use the 7, 8, or 9?  I have marked the 
> 2, 5, and 0.  I know to the left of the 2 is the 1.  To the right of the 2 
> is the 3, and so on.  The start and stop/clear should be marked, maybe 
> with different size dots to tell the difference if this is a challenge. 
> If there is an ADD 30 SECONDS or ADD 1 MINUTE button, then they should be 
> marked, too.  Good luck.
>
> Annely
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 6/30/17, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] sticky dots?
> To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> Date: Friday, June 30, 2017, 9:03 AM
>
> I wrote down the name of a
> business that makes tactile overlays for
> appliances. Not sure of the price, but I
> don't think it was outrageous.
> It's
> DeWitte's Etsy Shop. Google will find it. I think
> it's on Amazon,
> too.
> I
> haven't needed it myself yet, so don't know any
> details.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Jenny Keller via
> Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, June 29,
> 2017 5:32 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible
> home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Jenny
> Keller
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk]
> sticky dots?
>
> Hi,
>
> I didn't have the money
> for a 400 some odd dollar microwave myself, so, what
> I did is go to Walmart yet the Velcro
> around.things that stick to things and
> use
> the hard one for one and two and three a soft one for
> numbers four and
> five and six the hard once
> again for seven, eight, nine a soft one for the
> number zero and because I have one that the
> clear and start button are on
> each side of
> the zero I have taken a hard one and put one on each side
> so
> that I can find where that button is.
>
> Also, when you use time cook
> then you can put a button on one of those, and,
> if you cook something like potatoes, pizza,
> things that I already have a
> setting, or
> blowing something out, you put a button specifically on
> that,
> but because you know where those
> buttons generally are on the microwave, you
> can sort of remember which is which i'm
> defrosting :-) God not having a
> Bluetooth
> keyboards a pain in the butt.
>
> So anyway, any questions, shoot me an email
>
>
> Jenny
>
> > On Jun 28, 2017, at 2:56
> PM, Star Gazer via Electronics-Talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> folks
> > The Braille fell off my
> microwave. I want to put raised dots on it not
> > Braille since it's old and. Does
> anybody know what these sticky dots
> >
> are called?
> >
> >
> >
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