Here's the skinny on the new wave oven pro, and very good news too.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:52:15
From: cathy <ca...@hearthware.com> To: jdash...@shellworld.net Subject:
RE: new wave oven pro accessibility?
Hi Jude,
Thank you for your interest in the NuWave. Here are some of the questions
you had about the NuWave Oven, I hope this helps.
You can call us for your order at 1-888-689-2831 Monday thru Friday 8am
to
6pm Central Standard Time. Due to the holidays the wait time is a little
longer than average.
There are multiple buttons, the numbers are displayed on the panel
similar
to a phone. To the far right there are an additional two columns, going
from
left to right we have Cook Time, Start, next row; Power level, Pause and
final row, Reheat (infomercial models) or Timer Only (retail models).
We have had a number of customers that are legally blind and have found
the
oven to be very easy to use. Another great feature about the NuWave is
you
do not have to worry about leaning into an oven as this appliance can go
directly on your table or countertop. Another great feature is once you
enter in the time to cook, when it is done the oven shuts off. Please
note
our oven goes by minutes and hours, NOT seconds. For example, if you
were
to type in 4 minutes you would press Cook Time, the number 4 and then
start.
We even have had a gentleman teach blind students how to use the NuWave
and
he is located in NB. His wife is also blind and one of our recipes on
our
recipe cards (pumpkin muffins) is from this family.
The family I mentioned above actually placed brail information directly
on
the display and they have been using the NuWave since 2005.
I hope this helps and feel free to contact us if you have any additional
information. If you go to Nuwaveoven.net and click on accessories, you
can
download in a PDF the manual.
Thank you,
Cathy Rosch
Manager Marketing / Client Relations
ca...@hearthware.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jude DaShiell [mailto:jdash...@shellworld.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 2:38 AM
To: sa...@hearthware.com
Subject: new wave oven pro accessibility?
My first reading and writing language was Braille. So I'm curious.
Phone number for ordering is shown but never spoken on the infomercial.
Also, the control for the oven that sets power level and time and turns
oven
on and off, is the control surface a single membrane or more than one
button?
Whichever it is will control whether I can make my own braille labels for
the buttons or need to have a sighted person apply these braille labels
for
me. This is one product that has no accessibility reviews so far as I've
been able to locate.
When I get my copy of the oven I'll spend some time reading material on
the
website and doing cooking and then post the review to the
cookinginthedark
email list on cookinginthed...@acbradio.org. I could get a control for
your
oven brailled and then send that back to the company but would only do
that
if hearthware.com would be willing to consider making a brailled control
available for others.
_______________________________________________
Cookinginthedark mailing list
Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
