Good to know, hopefully I will not need to go there. I am alone with sighted help occasionally but, help that seems to be unable to explain well what I'd need to know.
My late husband would have been able to control and explain for me but other family members just can't seem to picture what they would want to know if only they could hear the words or see it one character at a time instead of the whole picture. I thought bringing my old talking one here would work, and if we get the wiring figured out it might but I am not holding my breath. That is not my luck. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chip Orange Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 12:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Thermostat confusion. I am not answering the question you asked, but I want to say that as a blind person, you'll need quite a bit of sighted help in order to use the Nest thermostat. There are many of its functions which are not accessible. I have a sighted wife, so once we got all the setup accomplished, I am able to check and modify the temperature for the Nest via its IOS app or via an Echo and a skill, but I cannot program schedules, set advanced features, or even deal with error messages which will only appear on the Nest thermostat itself. Good luck, Chip -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of englishride...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 1:34 PM To: VIPhone Email List Subject: Thermostat confusion. So, after we move, I'm thinking of getting either one of those thermostats from talkingthermostats.com or a Nest thermostat. I tried googling this one, but I don't seem to be getting a proper answer. I don't really understand how thermostats work. Not mechanically, but practically. What does setting the temperature of the thermostat to 70 degrees actually mean? And is the answer to that question different when you're talking about air conditioning versus heating? Thanks, Ari -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.