[Small-Appliance-Cooking] very basic instant pot questions

Sun Jan 26 23:21:08 UTC 2020

I, too, have basic questions about the Wi-Fi instant pot. I purchased one last fall, believing I had read on the IOS users list that the Wi-Fi, although hard to set up, would work well enough with the IOS app and VoiceOver. After reading reviews from blind users that have been pretty mixed, I've left the pot sitting in my garage. I'm willing to go through the tedious set-up if the Instant Pot will do even basic things with the app. (Otherwise, the Wi-Fi model may go to live  with my sister-in-law.) Can anyone on this list answer the following questions? These are all things that sighted users can easily set with the buttons on the pot. Thanks very much.
1. Can the user set type of cooking (pressure, slow cook, steam, etc.) with the app?
2. Can the user set the kind of food to be cooked (meat or stew, poultry, rice, etc.) using the app?
3. Can the user adjust cooking time using the app?
4. Does the app report progress (cook, cool down, etc.) and time remaining on the app?

Again, thank you.

Richard Petty

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Can you use all buttons with wifi.
If so tell me how to do this.
My machine is set up and some times it will work, like other times it doesn't.

Original message:
> I think all the buttons might be set up the same way!⋅ You can verify 
> with Aira. We have the wifi model. Here's our button layout.

> Instant Pot Wifi

> sealing = Turn away from handle; pointed upwardsJAG , instapot wifi layout

> left side (from top to bottom):

> • Soup/broth

> • meat/stew

> • Beans/chili

> • Cake

> • Slow cook

> • Sautae

> Right side (from top to bottom):

> • Rice

> • multigrain

> • porridge

> • steam

> • yogurt

> • Pressure cook

> Middle left

> • Pressure level and wifi

> • minus

> • delay start

> Right middle

> • Keep warm

> • Plus

> • Cancel.

> On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 12:40 AM Charlene Ota via 
> Small-Appliance-Cooking <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

> Hi, Dean, do you have the AIRA app on your phone? I just suggest you 
> might try using the app to navigate through the buttons and view the 
> settings that each function starts out with with an AIRA agent. There 
> are several versions of the instant pot and I don’t they all have their 
> buttons set up the same way. If you don’t currently have an account 
> with AIRA, you can use it for free for 5 minute intervals. Also, if you 
> could tell us which instant pot you have, maybe someone on the list has 
> the same one and could tell you the layout. Also, if you get the online 
> manual for your instant pot, I think you can find them on 
> instantpot.com <http://instantpot.com> that will give you some of the 
> basic information you need to know about each function.

> I feel like I’m not being very helpful, and apologize for that!

> Best,

> Charlene

> From: Small-Appliance-Cooking 
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> <mailto:small-appliance-cooking-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Dean 
> Martineau via Small-Appliance-Cooking
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> Cc: Dean Martineau <topdot at gmail.com <mailto:topdot at gmail.com>>
> Subject: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] very basic instant pot questions

> I have a non-Bluetooth model of this device. It features two columns of 
> six buttons on the edges of the panel, and two columns of three buttons 
> in the middle. I have barely begun to learn this, and in fact to get 
> more serious about cooking than I have ever done.

> I have some questions about how the Instant Pot operates. The first two 
> concern slow cooker operation. When you push the Slow Cooker button, 
> does the time start out at .5 hour, to be increased with each press of 
> the plus button? Similarly, does the Adjust button start out set to 
> low, with possible next choices being medium and high?

> Please clarify if I’m in error, and provide any other Instant Pot tips 
> and resources you are inclined to provide.

> Thanks.

> Dean

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