[nabs-l] access to appliances

Rania raniaismail04 at gmail.com
Wed May 27 00:39:52 UTC 2009 

I don't know the name of mine but it is not GE.
Rania,
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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] access to appliances


> Rania,
> Which company is it?  I have GE at home.  Our stove is also electric. 
> Like you I just remember
> how far to turn the knob to get the desired temperature.
>
> Ashley
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> From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:45 PM
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>>I tried calling my eletric compeny to see if they still would go to 
>>people's houses and put things on the stoves to make them accessible but 
>>they don't do that anymore. My stove is electric so i just remember about 
>>how far to tern the nob depending on how hot I want the burner to be.
>> Rania,
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Christina Mitchell" <cnaylor073 at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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>> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] access to appliances
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>>
>>> My stove isn't flat it's a gas stove.  It has a square burner with the
>>> rough things on it if you know what I mean.  Don't know how to best
>>> describe it.  My microwave doesn't talk it's one of those microwaves
>>> that turn versus pushing the buttons.  I have those bump dots you put
>>> on the stove and microwave.  When I time food I use either my talking
>>> clock or the kitchen timer that you turn with the brailled dots going
>>> around it.  And I use a say win for pouring hot liquids.  The light
>>> appliances you can get them from maxi aids.  There are other companies
>>> too but I forget the names off hand.  As far as companies making
>>> stoves I'm not sure about that.
>>>
>>> On 5/25/09, Bill <cassonw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> NFB does advocate accessible electronics.  We just submitted the 
>>>> technology
>>>> rights bill or at least were triing to.  There is a list of products 
>>>> that
>>>> can be made accessible on NFB's website. look for the accessble home
>>>> showcase.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>>>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Now a days it seems like more flat pannels out there!  Many students 
>>>>> live
>>>>> at home when not studying at college in the dorms.  For those of you 
>>>>> in
>>>>> your
>>>>> own places, a question.
>>>>>
>>>>> How have you made your appliances accessible?  All appliances are 
>>>>> flat:
>>>>> microwaves, stoves, and ovens.  Dishwashers too.  These flat touch 
>>>>> screens
>>>>> can be labeled so we can use them.  Stoves are another problem though.
>>>>> I know there are talking microwaves.  Are there other talking 
>>>>> appliances?
>>>>>  It would be neat to have a talking dishwasher so it could call out to 
>>>>> you
>>>>> when your dishes were done!
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have stoves you can feel the burners?  Most stoves now have 
>>>>> flat
>>>>> tops!  I was at Sears and another store and saw this.  I don't think a
>>>>> flat
>>>>> stove would be real safe.  I have one at home here and use my vision 
>>>>> for
>>>>> it.
>>>>>  Its harder to center the pots.  When I could touch the burners I 
>>>>> touched
>>>>> them before turning on the stove.  I centered the pot and then turned 
>>>>> the
>>>>> stove on.  My point being flat stoves are not as accessible!
>>>>> When they started making flat stoves with flat burners they didn't 
>>>>> think
>>>>> of
>>>>> low vision.
>>>>> I have tunnel vision.  The burners are not even a different color 
>>>>> making
>>>>> it
>>>>> hard to see!  You can only see it after the stove is turned on and the
>>>>> burner turns a redish color from the heat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there companies that have more accessible appliances than others? 
>>>>> If
>>>>> so, which ones? Any out there making the old type of stove where the
>>>>> burners
>>>>> were raised?
>>>>> Just wondering what's out there.  If this is a problem, NFB should
>>>>> advocate
>>>>> for accessibility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ashley
>>>>>
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