Aloha Joy, Just to get you started on your upcoming machine replacement adventure... I bought a Whirlpool stack unit and was able to get the Users Manual in Braille and also Braille overlays for the controls. The technician installed the layovers.
A friend bought a Maytag large capacity washer and was able to get Braille overlays for it. You may not be a braille reader, but you could probably figure out enough to run the unit. Betsy At 06:46 AM 7/10/2009, you wrote: >To report the end of my watery adventures, ... Dale you were pretty >close in your diagnoses and what with linguistic challenges and >missing the pointing and gesturing I was really greatful to have a >basic understanding of what might be happening. Seems the piece that >the hose for the water gauge connects to (Pipe was what he called >it) broke off and the hose disconnected itself. That was the good >news and the part that was fixed. However, it seems some sealed unit >that contains the main baring that the tub turns on is dying and >isn't worth the cost of replacing. So I have only postponed the >dread time of buying a new machine. > >Yes Spiro, you are right four hundred is getting close to the cost >of a new machine, but finding one that you can use if you are >totally blind is getting more and more challenging! It was bad nine >years ago when I started looking for this one and from all I hear >its gotten a lot worse. So I can't say I'm looking forward to it. >Still at least the expenditure isn't immediate (blessing) and this >way I can take my time and try to find something I can live with. > >Thanks for the help and advice, I'm truly greatful. > >Yours sincerely, >Joy > >Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy >my original artwork at: >www.tigerfeathers.ca > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
