[Electronics-Talk] App Programmable Coffee Makers

Sharon Klug sharonklug9304 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 05:41:05 UTC 2018


Mr. Coffee has a pot that is about $20 that can take the K cups or also a 
single serving of coffee in a small basket that comes with the unit. I just 
bought one and love it. I got it at Walmart.
Sharon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arlene via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Cc: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] App Programmable Coffee Makers


> 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" 
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> 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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