[NFBWATLK] talking laundry box

[Michael Forzano]

The newer washer/dryer units have a display screen and tons of
different settings. It sounds like this would give us access to them.
Here is the actual website for the device:
https://market.firstbuild.com/products/talking-laundry-module

Not sure why anyone would be against a device that gives us equal access.

Mike

On 7/21/17, Kaye Kipp via NFBWATLK <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Well, we've gone this long without that kind of thing. I don't know why
> anybody would think we needed it.
>
> Kaye
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 21, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Becky Frankeberger via NFBWATLK
>> <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know whether to be insulted or say thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Becky
>>
>> GE's $99 'Talking Laundry' box was built for the blind
>>
>> The device works with most current washers and dryers, too.
>>
>> Article link:
>> https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/20/ges-99-talking-laundry-box-was-built-for
>> -the-blind/
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>> Doing laundry might be dead simple for most people, but the visually
>> impaired don't have it so easy. To make that easier, GE Appliance's
>> skunkworks division FirstBuild
>> <https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/www.engadget.com?p=eyJzIjoiSHB
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>> year-old
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>> 9>  a system called Talking Laundry. With a name like that, the invention
>> is
>> pretty self-explanatory: it's a metal box (below) that audibly tells you
>> how
>> much time is left in a given wash cycle, and simplifies controls to one
>> knob
>> each for a washer and dryer.
>>
>> Using a board computer and FirstBuild's Green Bean tools that convert
>> code
>> to machine language, teenage Jack DuPlessis (his dad works for GE and
>> gave
>> him the task) put a prototype together in the span of a weekend. Talking
>> Laundry can even be retrofitted onto existing laundry machines; its sales
>> page
>> <https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/market.firstbuild.com?p=eyJzIj
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>> A1NTlhZWQ4MDc5NTI4ZjgwY2EzM2U1XCJdfSJ9>  states that the module will
>> connect
>> to "most" current and all future laundry units.
>>
>> Maybe best of all, these are available to buy right now and they won't
>> break
>> the bank. One unit will control both a washer and a dryer and will only
>> set
>> you back $99 -- a far cry from that $16,000 voice-controlled laundry
>> folder
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