[nfb-talk] Inaccessible appliances!

[James Aldrich]

Hi all,

The Hamilton Beach is no longer available under that label or by any other 
label despite the fact it may be on Wall mart's site. As far as I can see, 
the Magic Sheff is the only available talking microwave out of the box at 
this time.

Jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Inaccessible appliances!


> 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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