Thanks, Mary. I do use the old one without Bluetooth without difficulty.
You're right, though, it requires knowing what buttons you're pushing
before you start in to pushing them. LOL. That's not really a problem,
although because I don't use it every day or even every week, I have to
relearn it every time. While that's not a problem hfor me, yes, the
accessible remote control of the appliance would be nice. If I ever
needed a new one, I think I'd go for the one with Bluetooth capability .
On 4/21/2018 8:30 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
Hi Steve,
I certainly do know a blind people who have the model that is not
Bluetooth. There is actually a Facebook group of blind folks, and that
topic of the instant pot comes up a good deal. The group is called
Enabled Kitchen, if that interests anyone. Since I shut down my
Facebook account, I am no longer a member. You can certainly adjust
things like the time of cooking with the “more“ or less ““ buttons.
You just have to remember or have written down somewhere what time
you’re starting with and how much each press of a button ads or
subtracts from the time. So, I’m sure it is doable. But I really like
the ability to convenience of the iOS app. They also have an android
app. But I’m not sure how accessible it is.
Mary
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On Apr 21, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Steve Matzura <number6...@gmail.com
<mailto:number6...@gmail.com>> wrote:
This is very interesting. Someone else with whom I corresponded on
this topic told me they didn't think having the iOS access and
accessibility was worthwhile. With all you mentioned, I can't
possibly imagine how my correspondant could have thought that.
On 4/21/2018 6:44 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
Hi Alan,
If you want to use the app, which is fully accessible, you would
need to get the instant pot model that includes Bluetooth. That
unfortunately makes it a good deal more expensive. The instant pot
does have very tactile buttons on the front. So if you didn’t want
to spend the money, you could make yourself a braille chart of what
the buttons do. That having been said, I do have the Bluetooth model
and I’m glad. One of the things that you can do is adjust the
cooking duration. That is easy with the Bluetooth model. If you just
have the one with the buttons were nothing talks you would have to
remember the various amounts of time that you’re starting with
depending on what operation you want to do, and then I assume hit a
plus or minus button to advance or decrease the amount of time.
You can monitor the temperature with the app. You can monitor the
time remaining under pressure. You can set the duration as I noted.
Of course, you can also tell it to do various things like soup,
rice, manual, there are a whole bunch of them. I’m honestly not sure
how much difference all those things make, except there are times
that are preset of course, but they can be changed by you. You can
also slow cook or make yogurt, none of which I have done. You do
have to pair the device, which means before you can do anything with
the app, you have to hit a certain button on the pot to start the
process. And I honestly don’t remember which one that is. There is a
section for recipes. I never use it. On the bottom there are tabs,
and I always go to the one that says dashboard. That is where you
can decide what sort of cooking you want and set the various
parameters accessibly. You can do a lot with these things, and I’m
sure I have not made as much use of mind for different things as
many people on the huge Insta pot facebook group have done.
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On Apr 21, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com
<mailto:wale...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi List,
I know this isn't a cooking list but I have a question about the
Instant Pot and what exactly its iOS app allows one to control. I
read the Instant Pot app description and it seems to talk more
about recipes as opposed to controlling the device with the app.
Can anyone who uses an Instant Pot give me some direction on what
the app allows you to do and whether it's accessible? Is there a
particular Instant Pot model that I need to get to obtain app
control over it?
Thanks so much for any help you can provide.
Alan Lemly
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