Mark, what thermostat are you using? That alone could cause me to purchase the home kit. Thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 9:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I Continue to Appreciate the Accessibility of Apple Home Kit 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. -- 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/000001d9c868%24597a6dd0%240c6f4970%24%40earthlink.net.
