[nfb-talk] Inaccessible appliances!

[Chris Nusbaum]

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
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 ----- 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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