Eleanor, Why bother with talking microwaves when one can Braille out the numbers on dymotape, stick them and other commands like 'time', 'start' and 'stop' at their appropriate points. For myself now, I've got numbers , 2 and 3 at the top row, followed by 4, 5 6; third row 7, 8, 9 with zero below the 8. Perhaps it depends on the type of microwave in terms of features. We had one back in the 1980's which had a browing facility, whereas more recent ones just do the heating and weren't they a brilliant invention for blind folk, though not with them in mind. But if it's talking micrwoaves you want, I reckon Cobolt Systems are the go-to folk for those. John L ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Burke To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 5:23 PM Subject: [vip_students] Talking Microwave Ovens Hi Does anyone have one of these? Did you have to get it from UK or is there a supplier in Ireland? What do those of you who have one think of it? Eleanor