Well, Simon, I guess when it comes right down to it, there's nothing like personalized human assistance--especially if they're paid well enough so you can get away with being grumpy sometimes! <grin>
Frankly, and in all candor, I'm not convinced that the self-service world we is much of an improvement.I prefer humans to apps for many things. But, come to think of it, not all things. I guess my screen reader does a better job of reading my mail. So, there I go, ambivalent again! Janina Simon Fogarty writes: > Actually Janina, > > The first one was a trick, > > I'm gluten free so I can't drink beer. > > But cyder is an option, > But no it's still not good enough, > > I'll have to find myself a small servant person to do everything I don't want > to do. > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2018 1:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Smart refrigerators > > Simon Fogarty writes: > > Hang on, > > > > A smart refrigerator? > > > > Really? > > > > Does it open the beer bottle before it hands it to you? > > > No. No little robots hanging around performing tasks we use our hands and > some kind of tool to perform. > > Will it know when to thor out my frozen chicken before I go to cook it? > > > Yes. If the expiration date is tagged in machine readable form, which is the > idea, then yes. Note that it can only tell you the chicken "use by" > date has passed. You still have to do the tossing yourself. > > > And the really important question, will it know if I put a bottle of red > > wine in the fridge that it should only be kept at room temp? > > > > Yes, I can see this use case being met as well, though I expect this will > come in version 2.0 > > > If it can't do those things then its not smart enough for me. > > > > So, how do you feel about 2 out of 3? > > Janina > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2018 8:21 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Smart refrigerators > > > > Hi, Sarai: > > > > I have no personal experience. However, I have been on LG's Accessibility > > Acvisory Committee for quite a few years, and I can report they > > demonstrated their smart refridgerator to one of our meetings. I haven, > > however, not personally tried to use the app. > > > > Janina > > > > Sarai Bucciarelli writes: > > > Hi all: > > > > > > > > > > > > My fridge crashed. I was looking at the smart fridges. Anyone have > > > one? Are the apps accessible? > > > > > > > > > > > > Sarai D Bucciarelli <http://www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli> > > > www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > > > Visionaries list. > > > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > > > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > > > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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