My Accessible Kitchen Tour
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- In this video, I take a tour through my kitchen and show all the gadgets and tricks I use.
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I am blind and own a kitchen shop. Your video was very thorough; thank you. One of my personal favorites is the stemless wine glass - perfect for us VIPs who have tipped over and broken way too many wine glasses. 😊
I just came across your channel when I was looking for videos about the blindshell classic phone. I love this video. You are such an inspiration. I was born legally blind. My retinas didn't completely form. In 1991 I lost all my sight I do still see some light but it's more like putting wax paper over your eyes. The one thing I really miss is being able to see colors. To label things like the microwave I use braille. My friends say I'm amazing because I do things for myself and I do crafts that I learned how to do when I could see but I think you're the amazing one. You know about technology and how the things work for the blind.
We have the Alexa microwave and love it. Very easy to just put your mug in and tell Alexa to “Heat water”. She says what is the volume? She waits for you to tell her like “One cup”. She then turns on the microwave and tell you how long the time will be. You can also tell her what power setting you want and how much time. We have about 90% of all our lighting controlled by the 7 Echo devices throughout the house. Smart switches come in handy also, like to turn on the power to the treadmill, the air cleaner, fans, and even the Christmas tree. It is really nice to setup routines so that when you for example say “Alexa, good night”, it will turn off whatever lights are programmed into the routine and turn on, say the stove light to 20% as a night lite. We also have a morning routine to turn off the night lights and set the kitchen lights to 30% so as to not “blind” you first thing in the morning. The smart devices have certainly made life and lot easier for my wife who has RP.
My husband, who is blind, couldn’t make a peanut butter sandwich even if he could see.🤣 I got a air fryer (with knobs) he loves it, it’s one of the best kitchen appliances for vision impaired people. He can cook French Frys, sausage or eggs. I’ll fry hamburgers leavening them a little raw in the center, wrapped them in foil and place in certain area of the freezer . He gets them, drops in air fryer, I have temperature knob set and he turns the other knob completely to 30 minutes and their done. It’s great. Your tips are great, this segment is wonderful especially for those who are just starting to lose their sight. You use many of the items we have, right down to your plates. Like you glass is a nightmare in the kitchen, so I repurposed a lot of plastic containers, coffee creamer containers are great to dispense out candy, nuts or trail mix since they have a pour spout and come in different sizes and shapes. Sometimes I find myself purchasing a product just because the container is great for my husband. Love your shows.
That’s great information, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for the good ideas! I just realized that I figure location of the food in my plate by sticking my finger into it. 😎 ~Irina
Hi Sam, thanks for the conversation on the plane yesterday. I learned a lot and I am sending the link to some of my friends. Your kitchen tips are very helpful.
Thank you so much. This is the most valuable thing I have seen and I watch all of you thanks thank you thank you thank you
Thanks for the great tips. Your tip on having the containers different shapes gave me an idea. We keep salt and pepper shakers on the table, but are using a set, so they are the same shape. I'm going use one from another set so they are different shapes making it easy to know which is which!
That’s a great idea. If I go somewhere like a restaurant where the salt and pepper are in the same type of container, I always give it a smell first! Pepper has a strong smell and salt doesn’t smell like anything.
Thank you so much for those tips the kitchen is my favorite spot and I appreciate you sharing so I will get my kitchen updated thanks again
Really good ideas as always, Sam thank you
I also put bump dots on the 1,3, 5, and 0 buttons on the microwave along with the start/stop, cancel, add 30 seconds, and for the lights under the microwave. Yes color contrast for drinks is a must, but liquid level indicators are great too. Also for people that easily spill their drinks, the Mighty Mugs are useful. I like the baskets ide Sam I will definitely have to get some like those for organization in our kitchen.
Thank you much for the tour, the cutting board is a brilliant idea
I never thought about the old-school plastic trade, thank you for that
Also the talking gadgets in the end are brilliant
Thank you for sharing
Yes! A knife is a dangerous knife! Great video Sam. Bravo!
Great ideas , thanks Sam!
My pleasure
Wow, I’m definitely getting some bump dots. Didn’t know about these. Thank you sooooooo much.
I have lots of choices listed in my Amazon shop, linked below the video.
Great tour!
I think I need to get some of those oven gloves! I still have good central vision, but I learned the hard way about contrast in my periphery, knocking my white tea cup over on my white work desk! And dropping glasses trying to put them down when I don’t have enough light! I am overconfident sometimes in my own space, trying to avoid too much bright light which is painful.
Using brightly coloured coasters on my surfaces has helped a bit, until I can get new mugs/cups.
Love love this idea!! Great ideas. Will share with students who have not started cooking.
Thank you
Thanks so much for some great tips. For me using the funnel to refill the Keurig is a new tip. And the pad to keep the cutting board from slipping. I purchased silicone mats of various sizest that contrast with my counters to define work areas and make things easy to find. I also use a pull down spice rack and door mounted spice rack to keep my many spices organized. I have good spatial memory and generally remember the location of each spice, but I also label any up them with my smart pen so I can record by voice what they are. One other tip, rounded corners. If you are remodeling and have the opportunity, make sure you have rounded countertop corners. I also bought a hood vent that is rounded because I used to bump my head on the old square wood one. Keep these great shows coming!
That’s a fantastic tip, thank you so much!
Incredible video
The black tool that ia with your knives that have a funny end is a meat tenderizer to soften meat . it is the black one with a funny end.. also Ther services for the blind where I am has recommended a drinking glass with a heavy bottom. I like the insulated mugs with a rubberized grip on the bottom where I live It is hot and an insulated mug is used for keeping a drink cool for hours.
Good useful video
Thanks
Hello.. the bump dots on the microwave... if you put just one more on the number 1, it will start heating for 1 minute, you already have one on the 30 second button. Most things take 1 minute to an additional 30 seconds.. As a raw vegan chef. my knives are extremely sharp (dull knives are dangerous knives for a number of reasons) If you hold a knife with your thumb and first finger gripping the metal on the blade, that will give you a buffer (where your opposite hand that is holding the food bumps up against the other without cutting your finger.. make sure to grip the produce or food you are cutting with curved under fingers.. that can help you not cut yourself.. that is how professionals hold food and hold knives to avoid cutting themselves.
I use an electric kettle to heat water, and a french press... the kettle has the same capacity as the french press so i don't over fill it. i get my coffee already ground and i use 3 scoops for a perfect cup.. and my french press is double walled so the coffee stays hot.
Thanks to this video I bought two funnels, I'm loving it, it's so easy getting water into my kureig with out spilling some to the side and for putting sugars and flowers into containers I fael more confident doing it with out help.
That’s fantastic!
Good tips enjoy your week
Mr Sam your video is outstanding.
I am also visually challenged person.
One day I definitely will cook just like you.
Lots of love from India
Lighting is crucial..I use extra over counter and above washer n dryer
Great video the bump dots are great and the measuring scales I use heaps. I like the funnel. What is your best ideas for dealing with hot water. Thanks
Thank u so much for this. Amazing. Nice ideas for the kitchen
Remember me when I can get the see me cane in canada
Rubber spatulas are good for jars also, like mayonaise and such.
Most of the items you listed in this video I already have in my kitchen this is a wonderful video for the visually impaired where do you find the strip lighting that I can definitely use
Hey Sam great video. Please make a video teaching knife skills. Keep up the good work
When I was learning a new stove, I drew the button layout of the back panel (don’t know what that part of a stove is called) on an index card and taped that card to the inside of a nearby cabinet door. I put bump dots on a couple buttons, but this map kept me from having to lean over the top of the stove to get close enough to read the other buttons.
I use a talking toaster oven, and a talking microwave, to assist me with cooking!
i love this video, as the kitchen is my domain in my house. Just wanted to suggest that you look into getting a canning funnel. I have several and I use them all the time they are just funnels with a very wide opening and they are awesome for pouring things into containers I could not live without mine. I need to get me an oven glove like you have.
Yes, that’s such a great idea! I’ve been wanting to get a canning funnel for quite a while now. I use very large jars to store flour and sugar, and it’s always a nightmare trying to pour the flower into the jar. I always spill it everywhere. Every single time, I say to myself, A canning funnel would make this so much easier! You can find a link for the oven gloves in my Amazon shop.
I am getting to the point where I need help so this was the perfect starter. My issue is cataracts that grew in rather quickly this past year. I can no longer see clearly enough to drive so I get my groceries delivered. I am low vision. With color discernment. So I now use the Colorful kitchen idea for a lot of utensils and hand kitchen spatulas etc. I now use silicone instead of wooden wear. I love that dual cutting board. It's all about contrast or color identification. Even though colors are muted for us, we can still see clear mid tones of blues, yellows, greens,reds,purples. No dark colors and I don't fancy pastels either. I want to celebrate color in my life.
As for cutting I want to get a mandoline slicer with kitchen guard. I have also switched out any glass or ceramic with metal mixing bowls. Also I use metal when I can over plastic. I too have dropped and broke a glass and you can cut your foot up fairly bad if you can't see broken shards of glass. I got out the glass. I use Lexan containers now. Plus good old zip loc bags. Clear glass is the enemy. Thanks for posting this.
I’m a new sub. I am enjoying your content very much. I have diabetic retinopathy and have lost some vision in my left I so far. You have given me hope. Keep doing your magic.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the tour! I definitely need to get bump dots for my microwave and dishwasher - I currently use my magnifier app to see the buttons, but it takes a little more effort than just being able to feel them.
Yes, bump dots would definitely speed up that process! I have a wide variety listed in my Amazon shop which is linked in the description of the video.
@@theblindlife thanks I'll check it out!
Thank you so much for this video. I recently started to organize our families kitchens so that my sister also can use it, cause her vision is deteriorating. What would you recommend to me so that I can encourage her to be more independent? Because now she relies on our family to help her
Hi Great video. I have got talking microwave and scales I have colourful stickers on my oven and washing and dryer . I have different colour boards to chop veg etc I use black and white plates and red and white . I changed my worktops black with white cupboards and white tiles . I try not to have black on black or white on white etc with any colours I can see colour but with a good light.
My dream kitchen ❤️
That hoodie looks super comfortable, where is the link for that? 😂 Excited to start implementing some of these in my kitchen, the bump dots in particular! I have an obsession with tea and I have begun to collect the tea tins in different shapes. I still have pretty fair vision, lefty is doing particularly well, but ever the Girl Scout I gotta be prepared!
I use clear dymotape and put Braille numbers on the microwave. Works great. I will look into the oven glove and thermometer. Thanks for the video Sam.
It’s my pleasure! If you’re interested, I have most of the items listed in my Amazon shop.
@@theblindlife I was looking there. Unfortunately all the talking thermometers you listed are sold out and they're not sure was hen or if they will be back in stock.
Because I had some sight until my early 40s, I've grown used to the drip-drop coffee maker. I use a small circular-shaped plastic spoon, that which came with an appliance I got for Christmas over 12 years ago. And it all turns out, it works for measuring coffee, about one to two scoops. Even if you are not a gourmet coffee connoisseur, like me, all coffees, even the gourmet coffees can be bought in the Kurig format. I just would make sure that the Kurig pods can be recycled, as that there is a whole lot of controversy surrounding Kurig and how and that why it was developed. I fyou go to UA-cam, and search under Kurig, a video should pop up from a channel known as company Man. One of his videos is about the history behind Kurig, how and that why it sarted. Also, that the guy even regrets inventing it.
I'm always overspilling things so I bought a device to beeps when it gets to the top of the edge so I don't spell so that's another option to have in the kitchen as well
Where do I get bump dots at. I use tape but people make remakes about the color. Plus they wash if usually. Thanks for your time
1 place i do my shopping for kitchen utensils and things so it can be accessible to me is i use an online mall called Blind mice mega mall they have measuring cup sets for the blind that are labeled in braille or large print I also have 2 rubber tongs that have bumpy dots or grips on the inside so if I’m grabbing steak or chicken from my George Forman grill i can just hold the tongs which double as a spatula as well all i’d have to do is grab the food off the grill and it stays in place until I can safely get it to a plate so that’s a handy tool i use along with my bump dots funnel for pouring liquid and things like that and my measuring cup set also from blind mice mega mall but I would like to explore more options t
This is extremely helpful. I currently have white plates but I think I need to buy black ones for myself I have a hard time with the white contrast and it hurts my eyes I do you use white plates currently but I think black would work best for me. Have you ever tried a liquid indicator that you can put on the side of your cup when you fill your cups up those are amazing it’ll sensor off a sound when you get to the point that you need to stop pouring your liquids
Yes, you should definitely try the black plates. Yes I’ve done a couple videos about liquid level indicators
Thanks for your videos, my mother became recently blind
Glad you're finding helpful!
I have vision in my left eye. I don’t understand if this would work for me or do you need to have usable vision in both eyes
Oh the name of the containers for flour, sugar and tea, and other things for storage is a canister for those items braille labels would work. Oh you have phone cases. for android ?
On glass we bought restaurant glasses fuse they take a beating better if dropped
I have a question I a stay at home mom with three kids and it drives me nuts when my kids move canned goods do you actually have a system for can goods I was thinking about getting the rolling ones that you put 36 cans in the slots so that they can just roll down one by one but I didn’t know if there was any other option because those can sorting systems are pretty expensive
No, I don’t have any special system for cans. We have a couple of those can dispensers like you talked about and they work pretty well. Ours are pretty cheap, I don’t think they are very expensive at all. You may want to look on Amazon and see what you can find. I bet you could get a pretty good deal
Hey Sam I have a question for you I’m also visually impaired and out of a C con identify colour what would be the best way to label chopping boards because you can put bum horns on them but obviously they’ll come off and you can’t label them
You would need to find someway to label them physically. If it’s a wooden or plastic cutting board, maybe you could drill a hole in it, or something like that.
Hi,
Just wanted to say, I know how you feel about the amazon echo being useful I have one in the kitchen and I use it for timers and alarms.
That’s awesome!
This video is real helpful to us and other people in the world too than you,so much we love ya channel it's real educational to the visually impaired community even at times the non-visually impaired community because I know some sighted people that rather use a light colored mug to make sure of no split they say it's harder to see what ya doing with the mug being a dark color plus the coffee or tea too,so believe it or not your videos can help out everyone in many different ways if you think about because Josh knows other people too that do things like you showed in ya content before too and they don't necessarily have any type of vision problems like us.
Thanks guys!
Where'd you get that fantastic cutting board? Thanks for the great video, man.
I will add it to the Amazon shop soon, check the link below the video.
I have labeled all my spices using a pen friend. I am totally blind so the late the writing doesn’t help me any. Using the pen friend makes it a lot easier for me to tell the spices apart.
I don’t like those golden plates because some regular plates feel like them and it’s hard to tell them apart so that I won’t put the gold in the microwave
Another great video Sam, but I was wondering if anyone had experience with Alexa controlled microwave ovens? Amazon has their own models plus a models by Sharp and Toshiba listed that can be used with Alexa. Something that might be useful to the blind and vision impaired.
I had the amazon basic microwave, but upgraded to the amzon smart oven last year, have no p problems with it when using alexa with my echo dot. a c completey blind user herer. highly recommend. yep!
@@driza97 Thanks for the info. Adrian, I'm vision impaired and have found the Alexa devices very useful in many ways such as controlling lights, kitchen timer, internet radio, etc. so I think an Alexa controlled microwave or oven could also be useful.
Hey Tom, firstly, thank you so much for being a member! Also, you should check out my video review of the Amazon smart oven. It’s the only Alexa enabled microwave/oven that I’ve tried but I was very impressed with it. The only negative was that you could not mount it above a stove top.
May I ask, how do you set the microwaves temperature and time? Or do you still have enough vision to see that. I’m totally blind and I think I’m gonna have a talking microwave when I live on my own.
sam has a video that he did on the amazon smart oven that works with alexa and the echo dots. I'm completely blind and i use the amazon smart oven with my voice with alexa. pretty tight. yep!
Yes, the smart oven is a great option. You can’t change the temperature on my microwave, only the time. I have the bump dots set up for all the buttons that I use.
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I wish Amazon would make more models of the alexa enabled microwave. Currently I’ve only seen the counter top model. Good video though
I agree, I’m waiting for the version that can be mounted above the stove top
@@theblindlife that’s exactly what I want. I tried to see if I could find brackets to mount the countertop version. It just was not going to work! Here’s to wishful thinking!
Were did you get the cutting board
It may be available on Amazon. It’s definitely available on maxi aids.
@@theblindlife Thank you
i'm having trouble reading recipes. any suggestions?
Well, there are several options depending on your situation. You can get recipes through the Amazon echo or Google home. If magnification is an option, you could use a cc TV in the kitchen with a recipe book. You could even use a phone or tablet on a stand as a cc TV or, use an OCR app or device to read the recipe out loud.
Do you sell stickers with skull and cross canes?
I believe I have some on the Teespring store. Link down below the video.
Unfortunately I have a wonderful wonderful landlord bump dots will do me no good in the kitchen or the laundry room because my stove and my washing machine are both digital there are no buttons or knobs for me to turn
well you still have to push somthing to get them started dont you
sometimes you can use bump dots on a flat panel such as a microwave. for example, my microwave has a flat panel but I can put bump dots where the buttons are so that I can feel the buttons. if you can push the buttons with the eraser end of a pencil, then you can use a bump dots on it. but if a eraser does not work and you need your finger, for example on a phone screen, then I do not think bump dots will work.
Yes I still have to push things however neither Stowe nor the washing machine talks to me so I can’t see what each screen is asking of me I have to choose on the stove high low medium temperatures on the washing machine I have to choose water temperature water cycle water level weather is getting fabric softener so I have to tell it things to do but I can’t see what it’s asking me to do there’s really no use and bumpdotsfor either the stove or the washing machine
@@anitaboddington4837 I do agree that finding appliances is getting harder and harder for a blind person to use. I do not know your situation, your eyesight level or what your appliances look like, have you had a sighted person go around with you to see if there are any hacks you can use in order to use your appliances? I do not rent, so I pretty much choose the appliances I have. My husband and I always take my eyesight into consideration and doing so. So far, there is very little appliances I cannot figure out how to do. But, as I said, we do keep that in mind when we get appliances. I know that if you rent that is difficult. if not impossible.
@@anitaboddington4837 I don’t know if this helps or not, but I thought I would tell you about a hack I have for my oven. It is a flat flat panel. I have stickers for the on off and the temperature up and down buttons. I know that if I push the on button and then the temperature up button eight times I will be at 3:50. When I hear the oven beep I know that I have officially set it. I had to do it in front of a sighted person and also had to have that sighted person put the stickers on for me. Now I can do it by myself.
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Yes, I saw a presentation on the mojo contact lens. They said it will have some magnification but will probably mainly rely on AR, augmented reality filters. Things like contrast enhancement and edge enhancement. Still, very interesting technology
@@theblindlife The first shipping Mojo lenses will correct vision. They will also know where you’re looking and be able to highlight features like the edges of sidewalks for those with acute vision deficiencies. They’ll also be able to present readable text: something I’m looking forward to for when we’re meeting at conferences again and I need notes for a speech. And yes even video.
Wow bro this i copied from their article...so aren't you excited?
BUMP DPTS needs to be BUMP DOTS ~ 2 minutes
Ky daf jokes with me that my scale sounfd like a robot
Sorry, I am going to have to add another comment on top of a comment I already have because I am having trouble editing the comment I already have anyway, my question to you was if you’re living with someone who is totally blind and he can’t see anything at all but if you are legally blind, meaning you have some remaining vision, but you’re still having trouble distinguishing which is the salt and which is the pepper And you won’t be able to tell how much salt you put in your hand for let’s say seasoning a steak or some thing like that how would you help me out with that?
@@rylsteller ok thanks so much for the advice
sam pleas tell your wife yes. p.s. more.
Will do
As a be kind to animals person, I found this video nauseating.
If you are really blind, the easiest, most nutritious food you can eat is a cup of milk, or even straight from the bottle.