[nabs-l] access to appliances

Tue May 26 22:53:03 UTC 2009

Rania,
Which company is it?  I have GE at home.  Our stove is also electric.  Like 
you I just remember
how far to turn the knob to get the desired temperature.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com>
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>I tried calling my eletric compeny to see if they still would go to 
>people's houses and put things on the stoves to make them accessible but 
>they don't do that anymore. My stove is electric so i just remember about 
>how far to tern the nob depending on how hot I want the burner to be.
> Rania,
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christina Mitchell" <cnaylor073 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:36 PM
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>> My stove isn't flat it's a gas stove.  It has a square burner with the
>> rough things on it if you know what I mean.  Don't know how to best
>> describe it.  My microwave doesn't talk it's one of those microwaves
>> that turn versus pushing the buttons.  I have those bump dots you put
>> on the stove and microwave.  When I time food I use either my talking
>> clock or the kitchen timer that you turn with the brailled dots going
>> around it.  And I use a say win for pouring hot liquids.  The light
>> appliances you can get them from maxi aids.  There are other companies
>> too but I forget the names off hand.  As far as companies making
>> stoves I'm not sure about that.
>>
>> On 5/25/09, Bill <cassonw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> NFB does advocate accessible electronics.  We just submitted the 
>>> technology
>>> rights bill or at least were triing to.  There is a list of products 
>>> that
>>> can be made accessible on NFB's website. look for the accessble home
>>> showcase.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Now a days it seems like more flat pannels out there!  Many students 
>>>> live
>>>> at home when not studying at college in the dorms.  For those of you in
>>>> your
>>>> own places, a question.
>>>>
>>>> How have you made your appliances accessible?  All appliances are flat:
>>>> microwaves, stoves, and ovens.  Dishwashers too.  These flat touch 
>>>> screens
>>>> can be labeled so we can use them.  Stoves are another problem though.
>>>> I know there are talking microwaves.  Are there other talking 
>>>> appliances?
>>>>  It would be neat to have a talking dishwasher so it could call out to 
>>>> you
>>>> when your dishes were done!
>>>>
>>>> Do you have stoves you can feel the burners?  Most stoves now have flat
>>>> tops!  I was at Sears and another store and saw this.  I don't think a
>>>> flat
>>>> stove would be real safe.  I have one at home here and use my vision 
>>>> for
>>>> it.
>>>>  Its harder to center the pots.  When I could touch the burners I 
>>>> touched
>>>> them before turning on the stove.  I centered the pot and then turned 
>>>> the
>>>> stove on.  My point being flat stoves are not as accessible!
>>>> When they started making flat stoves with flat burners they didn't 
>>>> think
>>>> of
>>>> low vision.
>>>> I have tunnel vision.  The burners are not even a different color 
>>>> making
>>>> it
>>>> hard to see!  You can only see it after the stove is turned on and the
>>>> burner turns a redish color from the heat.
>>>>
>>>> Are there companies that have more accessible appliances than others? 
>>>> If
>>>> so, which ones? Any out there making the old type of stove where the
>>>> burners
>>>> were raised?
>>>> Just wondering what's out there.  If this is a problem, NFB should
>>>> advocate
>>>> for accessibility.
>>>>
>>>> Ashley
>>>>
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>> Christina
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