[nfb-talk] Inaccessible appliances!

[Joshua Lester]

Thanks, Chris, for the information!
Please be sure to meet me in the Arkansas section.
I would have sent this personally, but I'll put the invitation out
there, to all of you that will be at convention.
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/21/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joshua,
>
> The Federation is currently working on a bill that would make it
> illegal for companies to release home appliances without
> accessibility being built in.  This bill is called the Home
> Appliance Accessibility Act, and it was one of the issues at this
> year's Washington Seminar.  However, this bill has only been
> written up by the NFB, and has not yet been introduced into
> Congress.  As to the microwaves, I've never heard of the Cook
> Magic, but there is an accessible microwave out there called the
> Hamilton Beach; you could probably buy this at a WalMart or
> online.  Also, you can put Braille labels on your family's touch
> screen microwave so you know which buttons are which; that's what
> I did with our touch screen microwave.  You'll need a reader to
> tell you what the buttons are labelled as, then where each one is
> (so you can put the appropriate Braille label in the right place
> on the screen,) but you should be good from there.  Hope this
> helps!
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Nusbaum
> Email and Google Talk/Keychat (on the BrailleNote) ID:
> dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> Skype: christpher.nusbaum3 or search for Chris Nusbaum
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:20:14 -0600
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Inaccessible appliances!
>
> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
> My microwave stopped working, a few weeks ago.
> Now, my family has this inaccessible one, that has a touch
> screen.
> I hate touch screens, on anything!
> I heard, that Walmart sells an accessible microwave, called the
> Cook Magic.
> I went to Walmart's Website, and they have it, but the store 30
> miles
> away from my hometown, doesn't have it.
> The employees have never heard of it either.
> I thought it was illegal, for companies to make inaccessible
> appliances!
> What's the problem?
> Why are stores still allowed to sell them?
> Something's wrong with this!
> Thanks, Joshua
>
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