My Roomba 980 works great! App is usable. Alexa skill works perfect. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IRobot app accessible? I would say that robot vacuums are a technology that is still developing. They are getting better but still cannot take the place of a full sized vacuum. As has been stated, they can sometimes have navigation issues and they are not as powerful as a full sized vacuum. Definitely a technology to keep watching though. Original message: > It is the app which controls the Roomba 980 robotic/connected vacuum > cleaner from the company iRobot. > It is one of these things which drives itself around your house > vacuuming as it goes. > My Dad and I bought the Neato smart robot vacuum for my Mom a couple of > years ago after she had hip replacement surgery and while it sort of > works, she says in her house it does sometime sget confused and she > says after every second cleaning she has to take it more or less > completely apart to clean the brushes and sensors otherwise it is even worse. > My opinion and conclusion is that considering the price of these things > they are not worth the money at this point, certainly in my Mom’s case > she still needs a vacuum to manually vacuum from time to time, she has > a border collie who sheds quite a lot and while she only has area rugs > not wall to wall carpeting, the robotic vacuum sometimes gets stuck and > doesn’t properly clean the carpets. Maybe if you house is all hardwood, > laminate, tile or a mix of those and if it’s not too cluttered with > furniture and you live in a clean environment these things may do the > job, she lives on a ranch where people at times come in tracking in > dust and dirt and it’s not a complete solution. > Regards, > Sieghard > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Fanus > Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 3:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IRobot app accessible? > Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the purpose of this app? > Regards > Fanus > From: Peter Logan > Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 12:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: IRobot app accessible? > For the most part > From: Larry Smith > Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 5:27 AM > To: 'Linda Gaitskell' via VIPhone > Subject: IRobot app accessible? > It’s accessible .. like you said the battery gauge and status aren’t …. > Hi. will be getting the IRobot 980 today. I am hoping that the app is > voiceover accessible. I was told that some of the app is accessible. > The battery level and status of the robot may not be read by voiceover. > If anyone is using this app, I would appreciate any info that you can > provide. Thanks > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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