My wife, who is also blind, has and really likes one of those robotic vacuums. It makes a lot of sense for us, since if you use it frequently, you're probably going to get better coverage than a blink with an upright would, and it does seem to keep floors quite clean and presentable.
This thing finds its own charger and docks with it. That usually is fine, but if for some reason you have to manually dock it, there's no way in hell you can tell if it's charging or not. And, that means it dies somewhere, and we have to talk one of the dogs (usually hers) into finding the thing. The thing plays all manner of little distress tunes when it's tired, when it's stuck, when whatever, and it surely would be a simple thing to just have it beep when the charging circuit closed. I know my wife's talked about that with the vendor so maybe the next release will have that feature. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- .From: "Tom Fowle"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Sent: 9/25/07 1:06:09 PM .To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> .Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review . .A few years ago a lot of people tried to promote a universal consumer electronics .bus, they had a mess of perfectly usable standards for communicating between .various appliances etc. It would have been a great thing for us as many devices .would have been remotely readable and controllable. . .But guess who, the lawyers decided there would .be too much liability fuss between manufacturers and vendors .of third party equipment, so the idea died. . .If all the promises of internet accessible appliances ever happen, it might .really help, but I ain't holdin my breath. . .Tom . .
