[NFBWATLK] talking laundry box

[Debby Phillips]

Have you looked at washers and dryer's lately. A lot of them don't have knobs, they have touchscreens. I don't know about you, but I can't imagine all those settings on a dumb touchscreen with no voice activation or anything. Wow technology is wonderful but sometimes I think it's just getting way ahead of us all. Well maybe will be like the Jets and will just push buttons and our house work will be done ha ha. Well I got to go I think it's time to turn the vacuum cleaner on. She does a great job unless you leave stuff on the floor. Have a great day everybody.

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> On Jul 21, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Kaye Kipp via NFBWATLK <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Well, we've gone this long without that kind of thing. I don't know why anybody would think we needed it.
> 
> Kaye
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 21, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Becky Frankeberger via NFBWATLK <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> I don't know whether to be insulted or say thank you.
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>> Becky 
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>> GE's $99 'Talking Laundry' box was built for the blind
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>> The device works with most current washers and dryers, too.
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>> 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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>> -- has designed
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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.
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>> 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
>> <https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/www.engadget.com?p=eyJzIjoiVWh
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