Are White Goods Getting Harder, Or Easier To Use?

Season 1, Episode 52,   Jan 15, 2019, 07:11 AM

If you are blind or partially sighted, choosing white goods for your kitchen can be a difficult task if you have to consider accessibility on top of things like economy and programme functions. With fewer and fewer items using dials and buttons, in favour of touch operation and digital displays, what can be done to improve their operation for people with sight loss? RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell spoke to Chris Lofthouse from RIDC, Research Institute for Disabled Consumers, to look at Smart options that can be used via apps or how we go about encouraging manufacturers to build in accessibility at the drawing board stage.. #RNIBConnect