Re: A roomba 980 app question:

[Alan Paganelli]

Hello again Friends.

I have to say that my iRoomba does a fantastic job on short pile carpets.  I 
still haven't found the button that makes the little guy return to base.  Never 
the less, two hours cleaning time is more then enough time to clean the floors. 
 To bad the little guy doesn't have a telescoping arm to do the dusting too.  
Has anybody contacted the maker of these products to see about accessible 
manuals?


Alan

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> On Jan 1, 2017, at 3:29 PM, pholdstock  wrote:
> 
> I'm not getting mine until Tuesday so I cant tell you how accessible the app 
> is yet except that certainly the initial screens where it searches for your 
> machine is very accessible so fingers crossed. I will post an update once 
> I've had chance to try the app. Unfortunately it doesn't let you get any 
> further until you add a device so I cant test it.  Looking at the 
> documentation, it appears it is set up so that all control is done from the 
> app rather than on the machine, even for sighted users so there shouldn't be 
> any aspect of the machine you can't  control. I robot have said in reply to 
> my message that they are well aware of voice-over and are doing everything 
> they can to make the app more accessible although I get the impression it is 
> already pretty good.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 1 Jan 2017, at 23:08, Ryan Dour  wrote:
>> 
>> Nice. I have an old Roomba 350, I've been using it since 2009 and it keeps 
>> my apartment clean. I didn't realize they had a new model that has an app.
>> 
>> How accessible is the app? What can you accomplish in the app, and what can 
>> the app do that you cannot accomplish due to accessibility issues? I'd 
>> probably upgrade to an app enabled model ASAP if it turns out to be 
>> accessible.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ryan
>> 
>>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Alan Paganelli  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure I have the same model as you do.  Mine is the model just under 
>>> the model with WI-FI.  My wife bought this gagit for me because at almost 
>>> 69 years old I was finding pushing a vacuum a bit hard.  My wife pressed a 
>>> few buttons for me to make the little guy return to base when he gets low 
>>> on power or the job is complete.  Never the less, both her and I are amazed 
>>> at how good of a job the little guy does on hard kitchen floors and short 
>>> nap carpeting.  I did also find out that the 2 sensors that the unit comes 
>>> with needs to be switched off when not in use.  The 2 double A batteries 
>>> get ran down if the sensor switch is left in the up setting.  So from now 
>>> on, they get turned off when not in use.  All that aside, I would not 
>>> hesitate to recomend this vacuum cleaner to anybody who cannot push around 
>>> a conventional unit around.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Alan
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad Air
>>> 
 On Jan 1, 2017, at 6:18 AM, Don Breda  wrote:
 
 Anyone with one of these vacuums have the following info please?
 
 1. Where is the home button in the app to make the roomba go back to the 
 dock?
 
 I just don't see that.
 
 2. if you place the roomba in the dock manually is there a way to know its 
 making proper contact?
 
 I have found sometimes that it doesnt' obey its weekly schedule probably 
 because it wasn't quite mated up with the dock after  taking it apart and 
 cleaning it.
 
 Even though it may appear to be in the right position it seems quite 
 tricky to get the contacts to mate when you place it in the dock manually.
 
 3. there are 3 buttons on the roomba itself, the big one being clean.
 The other smaller buttons are spot clean and home but I don't know which 
 button is which.
 
 Any help is appreciated.
 
 Thanks in advance.
 
 Happy new year.
 
 Don
  
 
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Re: A roomba 980 app question:

[pholdstock]

I'm not getting mine until Tuesday so I cant tell you how accessible the app is 
yet except that certainly the initial screens where it searches for your 
machine is very accessible so fingers crossed. I will post an update once I've 
had chance to try the app. Unfortunately it doesn't let you get any further 
until you add a device so I cant test it.  Looking at the documentation, it 
appears it is set up so that all control is done from the app rather than on 
the machine, even for sighted users so there shouldn't be any aspect of the 
machine you can't  control. I robot have said in reply to my message that they 
are well aware of voice-over and are doing everything they can to make the app 
more accessible although I get the impression it is already pretty good.

Sent from my iPhone

> On 1 Jan 2017, at 23:08, Ryan Dour  wrote:
> 
> Nice. I have an old Roomba 350, I've been using it since 2009 and it keeps my 
> apartment clean. I didn't realize they had a new model that has an app.
> 
> How accessible is the app? What can you accomplish in the app, and what can 
> the app do that you cannot accomplish due to accessibility issues? I'd 
> probably upgrade to an app enabled model ASAP if it turns out to be 
> accessible.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ryan
> 
>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Alan Paganelli  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure I have the same model as you do.  Mine is the model just under 
>> the model with WI-FI.  My wife bought this gagit for me because at almost 69 
>> years old I was finding pushing a vacuum a bit hard.  My wife pressed a few 
>> buttons for me to make the little guy return to base when he gets low on 
>> power or the job is complete.  Never the less, both her and I are amazed at 
>> how good of a job the little guy does on hard kitchen floors and short nap 
>> carpeting.  I did also find out that the 2 sensors that the unit comes with 
>> needs to be switched off when not in use.  The 2 double A batteries get ran 
>> down if the sensor switch is left in the up setting.  So from now on, they 
>> get turned off when not in use.  All that aside, I would not hesitate to 
>> recomend this vacuum cleaner to anybody who cannot push around a 
>> conventional unit around.
>> 
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad Air
>> 
>>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 6:18 AM, Don Breda  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anyone with one of these vacuums have the following info please?
>>> 
>>> 1. Where is the home button in the app to make the roomba go back to the 
>>> dock?
>>> 
>>> I just don't see that.
>>> 
>>> 2. if you place the roomba in the dock manually is there a way to know its 
>>> making proper contact?
>>> 
>>> I have found sometimes that it doesnt' obey its weekly schedule probably 
>>> because it wasn't quite mated up with the dock after  taking it apart and 
>>> cleaning it.
>>> 
>>> Even though it may appear to be in the right position it seems quite tricky 
>>> to get the contacts to mate when you place it in the dock manually.
>>> 
>>> 3. there are 3 buttons on the roomba itself, the big one being clean.
>>> The other smaller buttons are spot clean and home but I don't know which 
>>> button is which.
>>> 
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Happy new year.
>>> 
>>> Don
>>>  
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Re: A roomba 980 app question:

[Ryan Dour]

Nice. I have an old Roomba 350, I've been using it since 2009 and it keeps my 
apartment clean. I didn't realize they had a new model that has an app.

How accessible is the app? What can you accomplish in the app, and what can the 
app do that you cannot accomplish due to accessibility issues? I'd probably 
upgrade to an app enabled model ASAP if it turns out to be accessible.

Thanks,
Ryan

> On Jan 1, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Alan Paganelli  
> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure I have the same model as you do.  Mine is the model just under 
> the model with WI-FI.  My wife bought this gagit for me because at almost 69 
> years old I was finding pushing a vacuum a bit hard.  My wife pressed a few 
> buttons for me to make the little guy return to base when he gets low on 
> power or the job is complete.  Never the less, both her and I are amazed at 
> how good of a job the little guy does on hard kitchen floors and short nap 
> carpeting.  I did also find out that the 2 sensors that the unit comes with 
> needs to be switched off when not in use.  The 2 double A batteries get ran 
> down if the sensor switch is left in the up setting.  So from now on, they 
> get turned off when not in use.  All that aside, I would not hesitate to 
> recomend this vacuum cleaner to anybody who cannot push around a conventional 
> unit around.
> 
> 
> Alan
> 
> Sent from my iPad Air
> 
> On Jan 1, 2017, at 6:18 AM, Don Breda  > wrote:
> 
>> Anyone with one of these vacuums have the following info please?
>> 
>> 1. Where is the home button in the app to make the roomba go back to the 
>> dock?
>> 
>> I just don't see that.
>> 
>> 2. if you place the roomba in the dock manually is there a way to know its 
>> making proper contact?
>> 
>> I have found sometimes that it doesnt' obey its weekly schedule probably 
>> because it wasn't quite mated up with the dock after  taking it apart and 
>> cleaning it.
>> 
>> Even though it may appear to be in the right position it seems quite tricky 
>> to get the contacts to mate when you place it in the dock manually.
>> 
>> 3. there are 3 buttons on the roomba itself, the big one being clean.
>> The other smaller buttons are spot clean and home but I don't know which 
>> button is which.
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Happy new year.
>> 
>> Don
>>  
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Re: A roomba 980 app question:

[Alan Paganelli]

I'm not sure I have the same model as you do.  Mine is the model just under the 
model with WI-FI.  My wife bought this gagit for me because at almost 69 years 
old I was finding pushing a vacuum a bit hard.  My wife pressed a few buttons 
for me to make the little guy return to base when he gets low on power or the 
job is complete.  Never the less, both her and I are amazed at how good of a 
job the little guy does on hard kitchen floors and short nap carpeting.  I did 
also find out that the 2 sensors that the unit comes with needs to be switched 
off when not in use.  The 2 double A batteries get ran down if the sensor 
switch is left in the up setting.  So from now on, they get turned off when not 
in use.  All that aside, I would not hesitate to recomend this vacuum cleaner 
to anybody who cannot push around a conventional unit around.


Alan

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> On Jan 1, 2017, at 6:18 AM, Don Breda  wrote:
> 
> Anyone with one of these vacuums have the following info please?
> 
> 1. Where is the home button in the app to make the roomba go back to the dock?
> 
> I just don't see that.
> 
> 2. if you place the roomba in the dock manually is there a way to know its 
> making proper contact?
> 
> I have found sometimes that it doesnt' obey its weekly schedule probably 
> because it wasn't quite mated up with the dock after  taking it apart and 
> cleaning it.
> 
> Even though it may appear to be in the right position it seems quite tricky 
> to get the contacts to mate when you place it in the dock manually.
> 
> 3. there are 3 buttons on the roomba itself, the big one being clean.
> The other smaller buttons are spot clean and home but I don't know which 
> button is which.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Happy new year.
> 
> Don
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A roomba 980 app question:

[Don Breda]

Anyone with one of these vacuums have the following info please?

1. Where is the home button in the app to make the roomba go back to the 
dock?


I just don't see that.

2. if you place the roomba in the dock manually is there a way to know 
its making proper contact?


I have found sometimes that it doesnt' obey its weekly schedule probably 
because it wasn't quite mated up with the dock after taking it apart and 
cleaning it.


Even though it may appear to be in the right position it seems quite 
tricky to get the contacts to mate when you place it in the dock manually.


3. there are 3 buttons on the roomba itself, the big one being clean.
The other smaller buttons are spot clean and home but I don't know which 
button is which.


Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Happy new year.

Don

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