AmazonBasics Microwave: Accessible for People with Visual Impairments (2019)

Re:AmazonBasics Microwave: Accessible for People with Visual... by adhesive_wombat on Sunday July 16, 2023 @07:19AM (#36745714)

In general, "lot of XYZ improvements I'd think to reach for before AI" should be the default for most problems.

At this rate people will buying SortGPT before trying "sort()".

Though some level of natural language interface does seem more immediately accessible. But maybe just having it read the display back to you would be far easier than involving some kind of AI cloud service.

Press time button some times (or hold)

"10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, etc"

Press power button

"Full power, medium, low defrost"

Start

"Starting: 2 minutes at full power. Press again to cancel"

Bonus points: your house doesn't become instantly inaccessible when the internet doesn't work, or the APIs the device uses are changed, or they "do a Nest". Of course this is a negative point for those hoping to sell you an AI Microwave and an AI Microwave 2 in 2 years time.

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Re:AmazonBasics Microwave: Accessible for People with Visual... by bongobingo1 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @07:29AM (#36745780)

To be fair, SortGPT operates at web scale, which is pretty important for my temporarily embarrassed million-DAU service.

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