Simon, I have been using the HiveHome solution from British Gas now for the past 5 or so months, note that you do not have to be a British Gas customer to purchase the system...
Overall the iOS App is accessible enough to do what you need to on the fly, that is, increase / decrease the temperature of your heating, turn on / off hot water etc, and, flick between manual, off and scheduled modes for both hot water and heating. You do have to perform a double tap and hold gesture to affect the temperature on the heating control screen, but, once you know this it is fine. The other aspects of the app, setting your schedule etc is a little more difficult using the app, however, it can be achieved using HiveHome's web-site, www.hivehome.com The other useful thing of course is that with a setup like this, you can always have a trusted friend / family member log in remotely and make those schedule changes for you... I like the Geo feature of this app as well, which can turn on / off your heating based on how far away / close to your home you are. I ultimately would buy this solution again if I had to make that choice over, it has definitely saved me money, and, I like the independence it grants me... Being able to turn the heating on before I get out of bed in the morning is certainly a plus too! Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 2 Oct 2014, at 04:14, goshawk on horseback <[email protected]> wrote: > hello all, > am going to be having a new central heating boiler fitted very soon, and > whilst that is being done, I thought I would look in to also getting one of > these heating control iPhone apps, with the appropriate hardware. the problem > is, that there seem to be a number of different apps, presumably for > different control systems out there. so does anyone know which ones are the > most voiceOver accessible? > it has got to be a system where the required hardware is available in/for the > UK please. > thanks in advance. > > Simon > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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 http://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 viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
