[Electronics-Talk] making toasters accessible

[Pamela Dominguez]

This was a while ago, so I'm doing this from a long ago memory.  We got one 
of those plastic outsided "stay cool" toasters.  The setting thing was just 
a plain knob that had nothing on it we could see.  So, George put letters or 
numbers on the toaster under the knob, and he wrote a braille either an l or 
a 4 5 6, and cut it exactly, and put it on the knob to use as an arrow that 
would point to whatever you moved it to point to when you turned the knob. 
I think maybe my brother must have helped him figure out how to situate the 
braille.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2021 10:40 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Cc: Ashley Bramlett
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] making toasters accessible

Hello All,

Most toasters have buttons and make a popping noise when the toast comes out 
of the toaster so we know its done.

So, already they are one of the few appliances which  are fairly user 
friendly to us.
What toaster do you use and how did you create accessibility?

How do you create more accessibility? Do you label the knobs with loc dots 
so you know what is high heat versus a lower heat for toasting?
Most toasters have a setting to adjust the time it will toast for you 
ranging from a light heat meaning lightly toasted to very hot heat where its 
nearly going to burn the toast if you toast a general piece of bread. This 
is common.

But others go futher.
How do you know what the settings are though? If there are buttons for 
toasting various items, what do you do? Do you memorize them? For instance, 
our toaster happens to have a bagel setting.

Thanks,
Ashley
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