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Alan, I had much the same experience as you in shopping for
laundry and kitchen appliances in 2012. It's very bleak,
especially when you consider that technology can be such a
liberating experience when something is accessible, such as
Kenwood with its VGS1 chip. When I commented on the petition, I
sited that as one example of how things can really work well when
someone incorporates accessibility into their philosophy and
policies when creating a device or appliance. Jim WA6EKS ...' '
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:11:13 -0700
Subject: Re: OT regarding making home appliances accessible
2 years or so ago, I was shopping for a new washing machine. I
looked =
at the usual places such as Home Depot, Lowes, Fry's Electronics,
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the Maytag store. I remember going into the Maytag store and
asking to =
be shown all of the washing machines, that I could operate
without =
sighted help. The salesperson called the store manager over, and
he =
walked over and quietly explained that they didn't have any
machines =
with click-type knobs, or any thing else that he felt that I
could =
successfully use on my own. After examining all of the display
models I =
concluded that he was absolutely right, there wasn't a single
washing =
machine in the place that I could independently operate.
What a world, Hi.
Alan/KD7GC
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