Steve and Mary, I am a member of the regular Instant Pot Facebook Group. There are several other blind people on this group, and the group's members have been very helpful to me every time I've had a question.
BTW, there are quite a few books at BookShare that cover pressure cooking recipes as well as those specifically concerning the Instant Pot and other electric pressure cookers. The best, I think, is Melissa Clark's "Dinner in an Instant." Clark is one of the best food writers for the NYTimes, and all the recipes I have tried in the book have turned out extremely well! Happy cooking, all, and Mary, I always love hearing from you. Penny On 4/21/18, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > I certainly do know a blind people who have the model that is not Bluetooth. > There is actually a Facebook group of blind folks, and that topic of the > instant pot comes up a good deal. The group is called Enabled Kitchen, if > that interests anyone. Since I shut down my Facebook account, I am no longer > a member. You can certainly adjust things like the time of cooking with the > “more“ or less ““ buttons. You just have to remember or have written down > somewhere what time you’re starting with and how much each press of a button > ads or subtracts from the time. So, I’m sure it is doable. But I really like > the ability to convenience of the iOS app. They also have an android app. > But I’m not sure how accessible it is. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 21, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Steve Matzura <number6...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is very interesting. Someone else with whom I corresponded on this >> topic told me they didn't think having the iOS access and accessibility >> was worthwhile. With all you mentioned, I can't possibly imagine how my >> correspondant could have thought that. >> >>> On 4/21/2018 6:44 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> Hi Alan, >>> If you want to use the app, which is fully accessible, you would need to >>> get the instant pot model that includes Bluetooth. That unfortunately >>> makes it a good deal more expensive. The instant pot does have very >>> tactile buttons on the front. So if you didn’t want to spend the money, >>> you could make yourself a braille chart of what the buttons do. That >>> having been said, I do have the Bluetooth model and I’m glad. One of the >>> things that you can do is adjust the cooking duration. That is easy with >>> the Bluetooth model. If you just have the one with the buttons were >>> nothing talks you would have to remember the various amounts of time that >>> you’re starting with depending on what operation you want to do, and then >>> I assume hit a plus or minus button to advance or decrease the amount of >>> time. >>> You can monitor the temperature with the app. You can monitor the time >>> remaining under pressure. You can set the duration as I noted. Of course, >>> you can also tell it to do various things like soup, rice, manual, there >>> are a whole bunch of them. I’m honestly not sure how much difference all >>> those things make, except there are times that are preset of course, but >>> they can be changed by you. You can also slow cook or make yogurt, none >>> of which I have done. You do have to pair the device, which means before >>> you can do anything with the app, you have to hit a certain button on the >>> pot to start the process. And I honestly don’t remember which one that >>> is. There is a section for recipes. I never use it. On the bottom there >>> are tabs, and I always go to the one that says dashboard. That is where >>> you can decide what sort of cooking you want and set the various >>> parameters accessibly. You can do a lot with these things, and I’m sure I >>> have not made as much use of mind for different things as many people on >>> the huge Insta pot facebook group have done. >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi List, >>>> >>>> I know this isn't a cooking list but I have a question about the Instant >>>> Pot and what exactly its iOS app allows one to control. I read the >>>> Instant Pot app description and it seems to talk more about recipes as >>>> opposed to controlling the device with the app. Can anyone who uses an >>>> Instant Pot give me some direction on what the app allows you to do and >>>> whether it's accessible? 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