Hi Sandra. Ok thank you. Ok it is as it is. I am happy that I did not just buy it and afterwards could not get it set up. Maybe the brand new talking goggles can be of some help.
Cheers Annie. > Den 1. jul. 2016 kl. 14.50 skrev 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone > <[email protected]>: > > 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 >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >>> you can reach Cara at [email protected] >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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