Take control of your appliance with a custom overlay label! Tangible Surface Research, LLC will create a custom silicon template for your microwave, oven, dishwasher or other touch-surface  appliance using easily identifiable tactile icons for each function.

AFB's Access World reports that the overlays are transparent, so they won’t interfere with a sighted person’s use of the touchpad controls. And unlike other appliance overlays you don’t need to know how to read Braille to use them. Instead of raised dots, these overlays use different shapes to signify what each control does. For example, a raised right-facing triangle shape to signify the Start button on your dishwasher, and a popped kernel shape to represent a microwave’s Popcorn setting.

The overlay is part of the Home Appliance Labeling and Overlay System (HALOS) product line. Tangible Surface Research, LLC  also sells individual stick-on shapes that cover specific controls for some appliances.