Hello,
Actually, the Honeywell thermostat for the blind has been around for
many years. Additionally, a company now manufactures a talking
thermostat that is completely programable by the blind. A friend of
mine has one and he loves it. At one time I had the mechanical
Honeywell thermostat and it was a good device, till one day, while
moving things, one of the movers ran into the thermostat and broke
the mercury switch. The thermostat was replace with a standard
Honeywell thermostat. I just placed a few raised markings on it and
it works just as good as the original blindness thermostat did.
Dan
On Jul 22, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I wrote them an email thanking them for the product.
Greg
On Jul 22, 2007, at 15:53 , Rafael Bejarano wrote:
It is refreshing, indeed, to hear of a company that has made an
effort to be accessible, particularly in light of the modest
economic return they are likely to receive as a result of doing
so. I'm sure they would love to hear from you )perhaps via e-mail)
about how useful you've found their product. It may even encourage
them to put out more accessible products.
Rafael
On Jul 21, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I had to replace the thermostat in our house today so I went to
Home Depot to try and find one my wife, who is blind, could use.
Most Thermostats these days are high tech affairs with little LCD
screens and buttons you can't tell if you have pressed or not.
But I did find, much to my amazement, was a Honeywell model
CT87N. This thermostat was made for the blind and low vision
users. It has a tactile readable setting with number in black 24
point type on white. When you turn it to set the temperature each
two degree setting clicks as you turn the nob. It also come with
large print stickers for the cool/off/heat and fan/auto switches.
Perhaps the most amazing of all there was a braille card in the
packaging giving a toll free number to call to obtain a braille
copy of the instructions.
So often we hear for product that are not accessible to the blind
I find it refreshing to discover one that goes the extra mile to
be accessible.
Greg Kearney
