[Electronics-Talk] App Programmable Coffee Makers

Fri Jan 12 05:00:25 UTC 2018

Pam, I would do the same thing you're doing, giving your coffee maker a good 
cleaning and it should be just fine. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want 
to do that first before getting rid of the machine, at least it would be 
good to give a good try as far as giving it a good cleaning. As for the why, 
Mary and Peter most likely would feel better and would rather start out in 
their new home with a new coffee maker, and to have something new for their 
new apartment, having peace of mind that the new coffee maker is completely 
clean. Pam, I've noticed in writing and sharing information on the list and 
searching for accessible items, Mary and Peter are really into making use of 
the accessible apps with the iphone to work different machines, whether it 
be some sort of cooking pot, coffee maker, security home systems and other 
products, that in some cases wouldn't be very accessible with out the 
iphone. Mary, and Peter, it's great that you do make it a priorty to find 
items and systems that you can have the option of working with your phones, 
after all the accessibility is right there in the app. in some cases it 
could be the difference of not using something or  because of the iphone, if 
that's what makes that thing accessible, that is really a wonderful thing, 
and you both don't shy away from that, you make use of what you can do in 
having something accessible for you and making full use of your phone to the 
ultimate, giving you all kinds of access. Of course not everyone has smart 
phones, but if one has one, and through the many apps if one explores all 
the access it can give them to do a number of things, including working 
something that otherwise might not be accessible, I think it's great. Down 
the road a bit, when I have more experience with my phone, I'll probably 
want to explore different possibilities as well, knowing me. I'm no where 
near that yet, I've got a whole lot to learn, but I'm happy for mary, Peter 
and everyone else that are able to do that. I do have a question, and I 
don't know if anyone knows about the keurig plus coffee maker. Our friend 
has the keurig plus. He was thinking possibly it talked when he was showing 
it to us at walmart. Later when he was at home he explored the menues on his 
machine and found out it didn't talk. Anyway speaking of apps does anyone 
know if there's an app for the keurig plus? We really liked that machine a 
whole lot too. Mary, Peter and anyone else looking for a new coffee maker I 
hope you all fine exactly what you're looking for. It was something, with 
all of the informative information from this thread about the keurig, and 
some listers answering some questions for me, when we went to walmart 
saturday night, we didn't exactly have in mind to buy the keurig. We were 
just going to get a few extra mr. coffee pots which we did get anyway, since 
we always want to have an extra pot. Then our friend spotted that same 
Keurig that he has, and we told him about this thread on the list about the 
keurig and we started looking at them. Pam, I'm quite sure we have the same 
Keurig you have from the way you described yours. It's wonderful, while it's 
a bit expensive, you can't beat a fresh cup of coffee each time, with coffee 
never getting wasted because it got to old. Though everyone has their 
prefferences, and from time to time, we'll still use our mr. coffee pot.

Arlene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] App Programmable Coffee Makers

>I was wondering why she doesn't just take apart the one she has and 
>thoroughly clean it, then wrap it up in plastic and take it to the new 
>apartment.  That's what I'm going to have to do when I move.  Yes, there 
>are a few things that are terribly dirty and full of roaches and roach eggs 
>that I have thrown out, but I don't think I will do that with my 
>coffeemaker or toaster oven.  The second question I was wondering is: why 
>does she need one that she can control with her iPhone?  Why not just a 
>regular one?  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 5:04 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Arlene
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] App Programmable Coffee Makers
>
> Unfortunately living in an apartment, having ants and roaches come into 
> your
> apartment, most likely from other neighbors, is something that comes with
> living in a building with other households. As far as accessibility is
> concerned for coffee makers that are accessible that don't require 
> operating
> with the iphone, which I know is your preferrence, and I'm sure you're 
> aware
> of what is available in what I'm about to say, there's the mr. coffee 
> makers
> and the the coffee maker that we've had the thread about. Hopefully 
> someone
> knows of coffee makers of your prefferences, and in those suggestions of
> coffee makers you could find out about that next coffee maker you purchase
> that you could work with your iphones. when you buy your next coffee maker
> hoping for the best that it doesn't get any roaches or ants in it. I 
> really
> hope for the best for that, because is disconcerting when you get critters
> in your machines and it's  the worst part about living in apartments. I 
> love
> all this sharing of information, so I hope you find a great coffee maker, 
> of
> just what you want, that you could operate with the iphone. I'm so new to
> the iphone now, I'm not no where ready for a machine that you operate from
> the iphone, but I could understand why you would want that, since the
> machine is made more accessible by way of the phone.
>
> Arlene
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mary Donahue via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Mary Donahue" <braille at satx.rr.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2018 9:58 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] App Programmable Coffee Makers
>
>
>> Good evening everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>>                Today our apartment maintenance department came to among
>> other things investigate the source of ants in our kitchen. After 
>> checking
>> around for possible draws it was discovered that the ants were drawn to 
>> our
>> coffee maker which we believe to be an old Mr. Coffee Model. If we cannot
>> eliminate the ants with a thorough cleaning of the coffeemaker we'll be 
>> in
>> the market for a new 12-cup brewer.
>>
>>
>>
>>                In 2014 we bought a Cuisinart 12-cup brewer that made 
>> great
>> coffee. Since the unit was programmable we needed sighted help getting 
>> the
>> machine to set up correctly so all we needed to do was to push a button 
>> in
>> the morning to make coffee. As long as no one mucked with the brewer
>> settings all worked well. When we moved into our current apartment we
>> discarded many of our belongings including the Cuisinart coffee brewer 
>> for
>> fear of bringing roaches to our new apartment.
>>
>>
>>
>>                My sister bought our replacement coffee maker the classic
>> Mr. Coffee Model. Despite routinely cleaning this brewer it's still
>> attracting ants and may need to be replaced. Most of the coffee brewers 
>> on
>> the market are the programmable type. Assuming one can find a model with
>> some degree of accessibility operating these units can be a challenge.
>> Recently a number of appliances have come on the market that can be
>> controlled by smartphone apps or a home automation system. We want to 
>> know
>> if anyone knows of such coffee brewers that can be programmed in this 
>> way?
>> If so we'd like to know the brand name and model as well as the ability 
>> to
>> program the unit independently. This is yet another angle on the coffee
>> brewer thread that has been on this list for over a week. Your 
>> suggestions
>> will be very much appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter and Mary Donahue
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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