PIPERSVILLE, Pa. — Systems Controls & Instruments LLC, manufacturer of the “Commstat” thermostat, which is designed to change its settings and send alarm messages to contractors and end users via telephone, announced that the product has a new cousin: a thermostat with built-in speakers to help end users with visual impairments, including blindness.
Ricardo Roitman, vice president of Marketing & Export for SCI, said he recently listened to a prototype of this new model. “The speaker is really wonderful,” he said.