Comment by jareds | Hacker News Reader

Comment by jareds | Hacker News Reader

Either I can't find it or the site needs more detail. I'm totally blind and have a couple of questions I can't find answers to. 1. Is the grinder stepless? Based on the description it appears it is. This is a deal breaker for me. 2. How do you control the Espresso machine? There are many coffee products I can't use do to there interface. I'd like to get a Fellow Aiden coffee maker but the interface is completely inaccessible. It's unclear to me if there app will ever allow you to fully control the machine. If this machine had a documented API I'd be interested. I've looked at the Decent espresso machine, but can't justify the cost since I drink mostly filter coffee.

> Is the grinder stepless? Based on the description it appears it is. This is a deal breaker for me.

From what I understand stepless is pretty common on espresso grinders. Can I ask why it would be a deal breaker?

I frequently switch between three grind sizes, one for a single cup, one for a pot, and one for cold brew. With the Fellow Ode I can easily count clicks to insure I'm at the expected position. With out tactile markings on the dial and a tactile arrow to line up with markings there's no way to make the grind size reproducible as far as I know. I've never tried using stepless grinders for this reason so I may be wrong about how hard it is to dial in when blind.

Edit: Sorry, I missed the earlier comment! I can totally understand why steps would be important in that case.

Do you think braille indicators around the ring that you could feel would work? Or are actual clicks the best option

I'm going to brainstorm ways to have a toggle-able step feature..

It sounds like the person you responded to isn't able to see, so they depend on the tactile/audible feedback.

Oooh I understand now! Thanks.

I think an option to 3d print a ring of dots that could be stuck to the outer adjustment dial would work, you could add a stick on dot to the inner dial and line things up that way.

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