Annie,
OK! I have just taken a much closer look at the touch screen on the BotVac
Connected. I had my, very impatient, partner look over my shoulder. Firstly, I
discovered that it isn't a touch screen at all! The screen, whichis about 3
inches/8 cm would that be? square, is only a display. Immediately to the right
and near to the top of the screen, there is an up-arrow, this is
touch/pressure sensitive.
Also, to the right, but lower down, is a down-arrow, also touch sensitive. A
little lower down, still to the right of the screen, is a left pointing arrow.
Finally, there is a sort of "bar" marked, directly beneath the screen, in the
centre.
So, the Bot is menu driven. You either go up or down the lists with the arrows
and select the one you want with the "bar" beneath the screen. The left arrow
takes you back through the screen pages until you reach home. You can press
this left/home arrow as many times as you like, because it will stop changing
the page, once you have reached home. Unfortunately, in all the other lists,
such as 'settings" these are circular, so, once you reach the last in the list
it starts again with the first option, possible to get lost in these!!
I got my, ex-partner, to put some bits of "bling" (you know the plastic
glittery stuff that kids use to customise their phones/faces etc? He stuck them
directly on the arrows and the bar. However, even with the plastic bling (mine
are like little pearls) as soon as I touch them, it triggers off the
touch/pressure sensitive arrow. Even if I am extra careful, I find it very
tricky to control and not set off, by accident these arrows. They do make a
sound though, so you do know when you have activated one. The good news is: you
have to press that bar before anything is activated or set.
Where am i going with all this, too much information? I see that we have
just 4 buttons (for want of a better description). If these buttons/arrows were
tactile, at a pinch, we could set the wifi up without sighted help. In order to
put the tactile markers on, we need sighted help, as the arrows are not
feelable. What I am thinking, for you is this: if I can think of a solution,
using cardboard, with cut-outs, which could be placed on top of the Bot, just
for the set-up of the wifi, could you do it? I think, YES!
From the home screen, which is where you should be upon start-up, I think,
you would use the down arrow 3 times to get to the third option which is
"settings". Then use the Bar to go into it. then use the down arrow again till
you hit wifi, but can't remember how many times, just musing here at the
moment.... Once over wifi, hit the bar again and finish withthe left arrow
twice to take you home and you are done!!!
You see, it is not difficult, the only trick is not setting off arrow
movement and losing your place in the list. I think, if you were very
dexterous, it would be possible to do this with sighted help through Be My
Eyes, but better with the help from Neato support as they could direct you in
the right direction in case of an accidental triggering, which, I have to say,
is almost unavoidable!!
I am not going to ask if this helps, I know it hasn't, really I am just musing.
It is, for example, useful to understand that the screen itself is not touch
sensitive. These are, if you like, hardware buttons, and so, should be
accessible via the app, but that still wouldn't help, as you need the wifi in
order to use the app.
Arrrrrgh!
Let me think some more....
Sandy (very challenged!)
sent from the dark side of the moon
> On 1 Jul 2016, at 10:29, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Sandra and all.
>
> I am concidering buying one of these vacuum cleaners, but can we connect it
> to the wifi the first time or do that require sighted assistance? I do not
> have any sighted assistance, so it would be important for me that I can
> connect it myself.
>
> Best regards Annie.
>> Den 14. jun. 2016 kl. 15.14 skrev 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
>> <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After a little panic on my part, i now find I can use the app a little
>> better! i just managed to change Turbo to Eco. I just did a spot clean, when
>> it cleans an area, either 2 meters x 2 meters or 4 meters x 4 meters. Then
>> it returns to base. I did this by just pressing a button, so very easy.
>> Useful for rugs or single rooms. My issues with my house network wifi
>> settings are almost resolved, touch wood. I am discovering that the best way
>> to deal with the vac is to let it do its own thing, I.E., "clean house"
>> either with the app or just press a button, there are only two buttons, and
>> then leaving it to finish. From my reading, this is true for all users, but
>> especially for us, as not all notifications are sent to the app, some show
>> up on the onboard screen and need to be read. I find it a bit concerning
>> replacing the Bot on its dock, visually, you can tell by the lights that it
>> is in the right position, but without the clues, hard to tell. So a quick
>> way to be sure would be to do a "spot clean" by pressing one button, when it
>> has finished, it will go home and play a tune and send a message.
>>
>> Still very happy, floors cleaner than they have been for years!
>> Smug, Sandy.
>>
>> sent from the dark side of the moon
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