Having an accessible, HomeKit thermostat is one of those things that once you have it, it's impossible to ever go back. :)
I had my thermostat replaced with a smart one a few years ago, and it's been wonderful. Ironically, the manufacturer's app isn't very accessible, but I just use HomeKit which is 100% accessible. The ability to not have to play the guessing game by pressing buttons/turning a dial when I can't see the display, is truly wonderful. While all assistants can trigger your smart home remotely, I love that HomeKit has automatic triggers. I set everything, including the heat, to turn off when I leave—or in the winter, just turn down significantly when I leave. Then turn back up when I arrive. The ability to set it and forget it is awesome. Grant Hardy On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 7:06 AM M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > During the winter, I had a Home Kit compatible thermostat installed in my > house. > > I continue to truly appreciate the temperature control I now enjoy via iOS > and iPad OS. > > Until I installed this thermostat, I either had to turn the A/C either on > or > off. The old legacy thermostats was simply not accessible to me as a blind > person. > > However, I recently began having Siri keep the house between 2 temperature > set points such as 78 to 82 degrees. It is wonderful. Now I know this is > not a big deal for sighted people but, until now, I have not enjoyed this > capability, completely independent of a sighted person. > > When I am away from the house for any significant period of time, with the > A/C off, I tell Siri to turn the A/C on before I get home and the house is > already nice and cool. > > Now I know this can be done with both Alexa and the Google assistant so I > am > not promoting Siri over anything; I just continue to be amazed at the level > of accessibility that I never would have dreamed of 30 years ago. > > Mark > > > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003801d9c6dc%24eb68f7d0%24c23ae770%24%40ucla.edu > . > -- Grant Hardy -- 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. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAAhK5Q9LTPeoYRS-weMgrV3eJKVdOG6nOS-6AtzmZz_6ROzrmg%40mail.gmail.com.
