Hi Sieghard, that scale you mentioned sounds rather interesting. I will be curious how you like it once you get it. Now to the subject of your message. You are correct that I do have an instant pot Bluetooth model. I have to say, that there are a couple of aspects of the device and hence the app, that I have not used. You are supposed to be able to run scripted recipes. That is too complicated for my blood. As for controlling the device from your phone, yes. It is accessible. You can access all of the various cooking settings, make adjustments, monitor the pressure, time remaining et Cetera. It's wonderfully accessible. Now I have to say that yesterday, I did see a deal on Amazon for the non-Bluetooth one for 67 or $68, which is a whole lot less than what I paid for the Bluetooth device. The buttons on the device are tactile and they beep when pressed. So you could make a braille chart and memorize it. What you would then also have to do is memorize or write down the starting settings for some of the things that you can make adjustments to. All that being said, I am sure it is doable. But I really appreciate the convenience of the accessible Bluetooth model. Should something happen, and you don't have access to Bluetooth, you can still use the device without that. Of course, you would have to have labeled or otherwise memorized the buttons etc. as I earlier referred to. Hope that helps. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am grouping a few items together in this message since they all have one > thing in common, they are Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connected devices which you > control via an app. > > I am basically interested in feedback on any or all of them from people who > have used them. Specifically, here are a few questions I have: > > 1. Philips Hue: anybody have any of these connected light bulbs and in > particular how is the SIRI Home Kit integration working? I was hoping I could > get a deal this weekend, but the only starter kits I saw on sale were the > second generation ones which have just in the last week or two been replaced > with the third generation. I think the bridge is actually unchanged, but the > new third generation bulbs are supposed to reproduce colours a lot more > accurately. > > 2. WiFi switches: by these I mean switches you plug into a power wall > outlet, you then plug in a device (heater, lights, coffee maker etc.) and you > can turn the connected device on or off via the app or on a schedule. I am > interested to know what brands people may have bought, does the brand you > have support home kit and hence SIRI integration? > > 3. Instapot: this has been discussed before, I think Mary has one. I > think the app for this was accessible and I was curious as to whether it > still is, has it become better or worse with respect to Voiceover > accessibility and are all aspects and features of the app useable? > > I did find one good deal yesterday, the new Withings Body scale was on sale > at BestBuy.ca for $99.99 instead of $149.99. I had a $100 Best Buy gift card > so all it cost me was the taxes. Withings used to have what they called the > Smart Body Analyzer and it has now been replaced by two new scales, the Body > and Body Cardio. The Body Cardio also reads your heart rate, but since I have > an Apple Watch as well as a Qardio Blood Pressure monitor I didn't feel that > was very necessary. The new scale gives you the usual range of measurements > beyond weight such as body index, body fat, bone mass etc. It is only three > quarters of an inch thick and looks very nice, it supports the Apple Health > app and once I get it and my wife and I have used it I'll share my > impressions. This will be here just in time to forever record how many pounds > of Christmas cookies I eat and which somehow stick to my belly *smile*. > > > Best regards, > Sieghard > -- > 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.
