Hi Colin, a friend just had a house built and he had a
talking thermostat
installed.  He says it is very accessible and yes you
should be able to just
replace your existing thermostat with the talking one.
 The type of
thermostat you get will also depend on whether you
have a heat pump or not.
Have a look at the web page talkingthermostats.com,
this is where my friend
got his thermostat. Also look at the reviews of
talking thermostats at
blindcooltech.com, there's lots of info on this
subject and several of the
companies that sell adaptive gadgets have the talking
thermostats.
 


...-.-
73, Ken -N5SWR

There are 10 types of people in the world, those who
understand binary and
those who don't.


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Subject: OT: accessible thermostat

this is pretty off topic, but much of the list traffic
is so i don't mind
posting it here.

does anyone know of a talking home heating thermostat?
or perhaps one that
is programmable and usable without sighted assistance?
Most of the automatic programmable ones ive seen  have
LCD displays and
buttons to set them.
This isn't much of a problem, but i would like to find
one that is less
complex and that one can consistently set and program
without depending on
eyes.
Also, since i know next to nothing about these things,
can I simply hook a
new unit up to my existing system, bypassing the
existing single slider
controlled old style thermostat?
Can i simply take the old one off the wall, hook the
wires up to the new one
and have a programmable thermostat?

thanks for any thoughts on this

73
Colin, V A6BKX




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