[NFBWATlk] Inaccessible Washer and Dryer: How to Deal with It

[Patricia Maddix]

If you can’t solve the problem with touch dots or using something like Be My Eyes orAira and your landlord is willing to replace the units with accessible ones. I highly recommend speed queen. Not the top of the line model as it has a touchscreen, but I have the washer that is called the classic. Most of the settings are entered by using very large knobs that click and twist and beep, and I have the settings memorized. There are two rectangular buttons that respond to touch that allow you to set the washer for deep water and the other one is the start and stop button, but as long as the feature is enabled, they have certain beeps when they are on or off and work great. recently, I accidentally got the beeping function, turned off by holding down too long on one of the buttons, which apparently turn that feature off for people that do not want it, but the owners manual has clear instructions for how to turn this feature back on again and I won’t be making that mistake in the future. I do not have the speed queen dryer, but I believe they have similar knobs that are very easy to feel. These machines are also highly rated and several repair men have said that they almost never need any sort of maintenance or repair and have a lifetime of over 20 years. They are much superior to other brands for quality.
Patricia
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> On Apr 4, 2026, at 8:48 AM, Kaye Kipp via NFBWATlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Can you have someone put those little bump dots just to the side so you can find where the setting is then move over and touch the setting you want? Does that make sense?
> 
> Kaye
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Humberto Avila via NFBWATlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, April 03, 2026 08:51 PM
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> CC: Humberto Avila <humberto_avila.it104 at outlook.com>
> Subject: [NFBWATlk] Inaccessible Washer and Dryer: How to Deal with It
> 
> Good evening folks,
> Does anybody on here have any bold and courageous ideas on how I can deal with either using a fully-operating touchscreen washer / dryer combo or where to direct my landlord on replacing my washer / dryer units with more accessible ones?
> Despite trying to overlay my current units, I am having many laundry mishaps because these things are simply too touch sensitive. I just moved into my new apartment a month ago and it cames with these very inaccessible machines.
> Thanks!
> Sent from my iPhone
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