John, the oven is programmed on how you touch the controls. The lady at the agency for the blind told my wife that the control is so sensitive that instead of tapping for one degree you could possibly touch too hard and you might go five degrees or higher.
My wife doesn't agree with me, but my thinking is that I have to learn what touch to use. If I'm not sure, I can always start over. My sister-in-law who is sighted and others have told me that if the oven beeps I have hope. I agree with this. What kind of oven do you use? Let me know. The old fashioned dial oven was great. This digital has done us more harm than good. Tom Dickhoner from cincinnati, Ohio -----Original Message----- From: John Kolwick <john2...@suddenlink.net> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:30 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: Re: [CnD] Digital Ovens Hi, have your wife look at the oven and see if the temperature control goes up or down in 5dg increments. I think this is the normal dsetting. I have a digital oven and I use it without any problems. Just be careful when changing the temperature control or if you think you have maid a mistake start over. Use a light touch on the temperature control. A 5dg variance would not probably make much difference in a recipe. good luck -----Original Message----- From: Tom Dickhoner Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:19 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: [CnD] Digital Ovens We now have a digital oven. My wife is sighted. She put special touch dots on the oven for bake, start, and a dot to identify where to cancel and turn off the oven is. When the oven is heated to the proper temperature it beeps one long beep to let you know it is ready. The automatic temperature is 350 degrees, the standard baking temperature for many recepes. The oven beeps when a sighted person touches the temperature. My problem is this. My wife called the local agency for the blind and asked one of the case workers how a sightless person such as myself can operate a digital oven. This case worker told my wife that digital ovens are too difficult to operate. She told her that you could touch the temperature control pannel too hard, and you might set the temperatures 5 degrees instead of one degree. I see where she is coming from to a point, but if you bake everything at 350 degrees, you are hampered because you have to double or triple the time of cooking. Any help that can be given would be greatly appreciated. Tom Dickhoner from Cincinnati, Ohio _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
