Using nothing but the buttons, I can disconnect my modem and control the temperature and choose heat or cooling and power on or off the device. I can even set it to fan mode only with nothing but the buttons.
It was just a bummer at first because it took three different guys before I found some one who was smart enough to follow the manual for the installation. James B From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2025 6:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Thermostat question Wow! I wish I had found that one when we were shopping. I was looking all over and asking on blindness related lists. And I got crickets. Something with buttons and you can set it without the Internet? Darn it! I would definitely go for that before any of this other fancy stuff. But it’s kind of too late. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2025, at 3:05 PM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: The Sency model st55 has buttons that allow for operation by a blind individual if the wifi is down. You can change tempt 1 degree at at time up or down. You can choose between turning on the heat or the AC or turning the unit on and off and more. It also works with my I Phone and my Alexa. It took eye sight to set it up. It cost 80 dollars at Amazon, link below. James B https://www.amazon.com/Emerson-Thermostat-Version-Energy-Certified/dp/B01NB1OB0I/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7IVE8SSHSX5V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YG_O4y15GyFRcUVZLqNzbOlt0YbINN0gAy7cPha8XwhWjl2xJ0_WSVdhh8q4YmyJbVLnVho_2n7ONGn4YK_pY29F1edu0jdP6YiyQAyKt-aRE3zMvOgJoIP9uJUIqnzHlKSBs0C-Lo69Jbo6I2Zn9SAFwfyMLEoSzJtAL6qhdwSW9bykO1MiXZENfJYaWWHfluY8x1CDpfTS4K0qfz7etSSTiG8qP7Bhp_UdOk7ZkWYaixc_B90ooSjeJ-AyRUTcq547tSWnZclxBzXqdvbpyMwvRb9z2dIjLqDSaUuQ-XA.pRpAZsX-EUcl0oA8dHVhK1tUpURg1STUxOAWkbNb1mc&dib_tag=se&keywords=sensi%2Bst55&qid=1764283783&sprefix=sensi%2B%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1&th=1James B From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2025 4:17 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Thermostat question We got one a couple of years ago. The thermostat itself is totally not accessible, unless you get the really expensive one. But the one we got does link up through various things such as an app for the iPhone. That app is usable. There are unlabeled buttons on it and some other things that you wouldn’t know our activatable, but it is accessible Enough to be usable. If your Wi-Fi was out, you got nothing. Site is the only thing that works at the interface on the wall where the thermostat is. There’s also an Alexa skill, I don’t know what that does, but it would also be totally Wi-Fi dependent. I don’t know of any thermostat that for a blind person these days would not require Wi-Fi. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2025, at 12:51 PM, 'Karen Poulakos' via VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: My son is wanting to replace our thermostat. Has anyone had any experience with the accessibility of the Ecobee thermostat? Thanks. 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