Many small appliances, such as blenders, coffeemakers, etc. have "fill" marks, which are often raised, but more often than not, are placed on the outside of the container, which doesn't help a blind person to line up with the marking. I've gotten around those by using other measurements, but if they were placed on the inside of the unit, I wouldn't have to pull out another utensil.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Massey Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: Making your kitchen accessible?? I for one wouldn't consider Braille as a feature, as I can't read it. (over a decade of whacking on conga drums killed my pressure sensitivity in my fingertips) I prefer buttons, switches, knobs, and dials to yet another computer in the kitchen to break down. Some things, especially things with heating elements, make an audible click a lot of the time, so those aren't a problem. Oh, and for anything that has to have a menu system, wrap-around menus are far more troublesome than ones that dead end somewhere, as a flurry of button pushes can get you to the end or beginning of the menu if the menus don't cycle back to the beginning. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Debbra Piening Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:41 PM To: [email protected]; 'Mary Ann Robinson' Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: Making your kitchen accessible?? I agree, braille, or at least, discernable tactile markings on flat-screened devices would be wonderful. I'd also like to see a greater use of audio, even simple things like audible beeps on small appliances. Just as an example, I just purchased a new toaster which has a series of four buttons. I memorized the buttons immediately, but since each of them utilizes an LCD display, my immediate question was, do these buttons stay activated, or do I need to press them each time I need to activate them? A beep at activation with silence at deactivation would have been helpful. Also, beeps to signal "ready" lights (see the discussion on waffle irons) would be helpful. Most modifications would not be at all expensive and many would be useful to sighted users as well. If speech is used, a switch to deactivate speech could be added. Also, I'm told that the reason flat screens are used so much now is that they're less expensive to produce. I would gladly pay something more for buttons. And by all means, bring on anything tactile! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Ann Robinson Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 6:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: Making your kitchen accessible?? Hi, I would like Braille overlays for appliances with flat screens. Mary Ann Robinson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: Making your kitchen accessible?? >A talking bread machine, roaster, and other appliances would be nice. > > Larger rings, like egg rings, for pancakes would also be nice. > > Some way to better keep track of spices would be wonderful. > > Clips for bags and sacks, especially ones that can handle the freezer for > bags of frozen vegetables and such, with clear markings on them (stars, > circles, triangles, large letters, etc) would be great. Magnets on these > would also facilitate storage on the side of a fridge. > > That's what I can think of off the top of my head. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cheryl > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CnD] OT: Making your kitchen accessible?? > > Moderator approved > Hi, > > I am working on a small project and hope you can help. We have been asked > to gather information on what items in a kitchen people who are blind > would > like made accessible. We are interested in learning what in the kitchen > you > would like made accessible and how- speech, braille,or large print etc. > If we can share ideas on this list, I hope after a few weeks to have a > rich > collection of information to share. > Thanks in advance for your assistance, I look forward to hearing from you. > > Cheers, > Cheryl > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3810 - Release Date: 08/04/11 > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
