[NFBWATLK] talking laundry box

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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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> 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.
> 
> 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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> yMGU0ZGI0MzRhY2MwMWQwOTk3XCJdfSJ9>  -- along with the help of a 14 year-old
> -- 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.
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> 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
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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
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