This is an under-the-counter microwave and an excellent candidate for non-visual operation.
Tactile Icon Map
HALOS® Text Description of Tactile Icons
Bosch Microwave Model HMD8451UC
This document is a text-only description of the tactile icons used for your appliance. Each button on the control panel is represented by a tactile icon.
The microwave control panel is divided into two parts – left and right.
The left side has two rows.
The top row from left to right
Panel Lock – the shape is a key - a horizontal line, rounded on the left and pointy on the right with a rough edge on the bottom.
Sensor Reheat - the shape is a line with a downward curve at the right end, like something coming back around.
Popcorn - the shape is curvy and bulbous, like a popcorn kernel.
Keep Warm – the shape is a horizontal wavy line.
Open – two vertical shapes with a gap in-between.
Bottom row from left to right
Settings – the shape is a check-mark, a short and a long diagonal lines meeting at the bottom.
Sensor Cook – the shape is a horizontal line with ridges on the top and bottom.
Defrost – the shape is a water droplet – pointy at the top and rounded at the bottom.
More – the shape is composed of two diagonal lines connected on the right side, like an arrow pointing to the right.
Close – a single shape composed of two vertical shapes connected with a thick horizonal line.
The right side has two rows
The top row from left to right
Start – the shape is a right pointing triangle.
Numbers 1,2,3,4,5 – the shapes are circles, the middle number, 3, should use the domed circle in the keypad package.
Timer/Clock - the shape is an hourglass, wide at the top, narrow in the middle and wide at the bottom.
The bottom row from left to right
Stop/Clear – the shape is an X.
Numbers 6,7,8,9,0 – the shapes are circles.
Power Level – the shape is a stairstep increasing to the right, representing increasing levels
End of description.
Designer Comments
Panel Lock - Previously I used a padlock icon but the shape was too detailed. A key is more recognizable.
Open. The open/close icons are good but not happy the open icon is two pieces. Too difficult to position the stickers correctly.
Settings. Anyone have a better description of a checkmark?