[Electronics-Talk] Pressure Cookers

[a chew]

Yes and  yes

Sent from the mind of my iPhone. 
In Sharks territory


> On Sep 2, 2017, at 4:41 PM, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> can you feel the buttons on the instant pot?
> Do the buttons beep or something as you press them to activate them?
> I'm also someone who does not want to use and depend on a fancy phone when cooking, so like Pam, I'm wondering what is out there without the app.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 5:25 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: David Andrews
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Pressure Cookers
> 
> The Instant Pot is pretty widely used in the blind community.  They
> have models, that include bluetooth, and apparently the app, on an
> iPhone is accessible. It is also possible to get a non-bluetooth
> model, and control it.  You will have to either braille the buttons,
> or make a chart of what each button does.  It is a little
> complicated, different buttons change cooking time by different
> amounts, but a blind person can use it with a little preparation.
> 
> I made a chart of buttons and times, and got a couple cookbook  put
> into Braille, and recorded, so have figured it out.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 02:38 PM 8/19/2017, you wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                I came across some books on Bookshare.org concerning
>> pressure cookers. I know there are pressure cookers one can use on the stove
>> but am curious to know if there are any electrick ones and how usable they
>> are by the blind. I recall wen I was at Perkins in the 1970s that only
>> students with residual vision were taught to use pressure cookers. Yup this
>> is the nation's premier school for the blind caving into the higherarchy of
>> sight. Shame on them!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                I found some books and videos about using a pressure cooker
>> from America's Test Kitchen and from none other than Jacque Peppin. Leave it
>> to the personal chef of French President Charles Degaul to observe that one
>> can tell how high the pressure is by listening to the intensity of the hiss
>> the unit makes a technique a blind cook can use to use pressure cookers
>> safely and with ease.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                Pressure cookers have come along ways since I was in school
>> and there are other tips and tricks blind persons have figured out to use
>> them independently. Sindce the focus here is electronics any feedback about
>> electric pressure cookers and how they can be used by the blind will be very
>> much appreciated. All the best.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Peter Donahue
> 
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