Appliances with accessible iOS apps

By PinkCupcake5, 29 December, 2019

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Smart Home Tech and Gadgets

Hi everyone! What appliances do you use (for the kitchen, cleaning, or anything else) that can be controlled through an accessible iOS app? Just curious.

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By Lukas on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

I have a Neato Botvac Connected. This model is a couple years old now but it's definitely much more powerful at actual cleaning than the Roombas. The Roombas boast a lot of fancy gimmicky features, but when I had the option to compare the performance of the two lineups, Neato is definitely the winner, especially if you have a golden retriever guide dog who sheds like crazy. The app has gone through several stages during its development where its accessibility was not the greatest, but it's generally stable and reliable. The only button I had to label by myself was the one to show or hide the battery percentage of the cleaner.
Lukas

By Travis Roth on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

The Instant Pot Bluetooth model's "Smart cooker" app is accessible enough to use. (I'm unsure if the Wi-Fi model uses this same version of the app.)
The Anova immersion circulator has an app that also can be used. (The Anova is used for sous vide method of cooking.)
My Samsung induction range uses Smart Things. While the app isn't perfect and I don't try to do much with it as it is just faster to type on the keypad, it is accessible enough to alert me when the oven's preheating cycle is complete, and I can check the temperature and mode the oven is set to to verify I have it set the way I want.
Hope this helps.

By Maldalain on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

Taotronics Bathroom Scale. The app is accessible and personal weight reading can be stored and there are user presets to store data for each user. Also it syncs with Apple Health app.

By Jared on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

I was looking at sous vide cooking but am not sure how to do this when blind? Specifically how do you sear meat? Based on my experience when trying to cook in a skillit I suspect I would have a hard time.

By AbleTec on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

Hello. The WiFi version of the instant pot now has a very accessible app. Also, one can access it by using the Instant Cook skill w/either Alexa or Google.

I was actually thinking about doing a podcast regarding this, but I know the submission guidelines for this have recently changed--& I think changed again--so I'd like some clarification as to what those are prior to working hard on something only to have it rejected out-of-hand.

By J.P. on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

The Instant Pot Wifi is quite accessible. You need to play with app, designed somewhat poorly. Casori has a new wifi 5.8 Air Fryer with accessible app.
I returned the new amazon Smart Oven. Very accessible through Alexa and app. It’s quite large on the countertop. The air fry function is atrocious, not truly a air fryer. The preheat for convection oven can take well over 25/30 minutes. I’d wait for 2nd generation, but does work well for most things.

By brandon armstrong on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:27

hi their, the cosori smart air fryer wifi model has an accessible app called vesync.

By David Goodwin on Friday, January 24, 2020 - 04:27

We always appreciate anybody who has taken the time and effort to record and submit a podcast, so would never reject one “out of hand”.

Yes, we have tips and guidelines for podcast submissions. These haven't changed for more than 2 years, and are intended to help when planning and recording a podcast, and to ensure that any podcasts we post have the greatest possible interest and value to listeners.

On occasions when we believe that a submitted podcast isn't appropriate for posting in its current state, we would always provide feedback on the reasons and typically encourage the contributor to submit a revised version.

Our tips and guidelines can be found at https://www.applevis.com/help/what-guidelines-and-tips-do-you-have-submitting-podcasts-applevis-website