[blindlaw] wireless head phone for courtroom

[Dennis Clark]

Hello Ross,
Your positive experience with these Bluetooth ear pieces is very 
encouraging.  Can you recommend any specific brands or models that you have 
liked?  Also, are any of them particularly small so that they are not 
obtrusive?  I look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Dennis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Doerr" <rumpole at roadrunner.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] wireless head phone for courtroom


>I have been using blue tooth headset ear pieces to do my work for the past 
>5 years. Almost all laptops these days  are blue tooth compatible, and I 
>find them to be pretty useful.
> I have used them extensively  in administrative hearings and in courts. 
> About the only draw back  to using them is that, when you first start 
> using them, your ear might take a while to get used to wearing it. But 
> they all come with volume controls on them and you can set them up to be 
> secure connections.
> This way, my laptop is my talking file,  and all I really have to worry 
> about is keeping any evidence exhibits in hard copy straight, doing quick 
> search prep for my computer file, and in general, tryng to make sure 
> nobody from the other table can glance over at what is on my laptop 
> screen.
>  Oh yes, one more thing, I have never found a blue tooth ear piece that 
> does not "blink". Not that it is distratcing, but one needs to know that 
> what you have in your ear does "flash".
> No, that does not make you a flasher.
> OH yes, one other thing, The little batterey in the ear piece is not 
> constant. Some will last 4 hours, some six hours and others 8 hours. It 
> all depends on how much you are willing to spend on one.
> One last thing - sales people in computer stores all tell you that all you 
> need to do is to charge up a blue tooth ear piece and your computer will 
> recognize it.  Well, In the 5 years I've been using them, I have never 
> once been able to get a laptop to do that.
> I've used two blue tooth ear pieces, I still have both of them, and have 
> undergone two computer crashes at home and two at the officve. Each time 
> it was an inaccessible re-configuration deal with someone sighted to get 
> it installed properly again.
> Once installed, I have found that JAWS works pretty well with them.
> IF you want to know any more, contact me off list at:
> rumpole at roadrunner.com
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shannon Geihsler" <sbg at sbgaal.com>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 3:19 PM
> Subject: [blindlaw] wireless head phone for courtroom
>
>
>> Dear All:
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>> Has anyone found a wireless head phone that works well for being able to
>> hear the screen reader you have on your computer?
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>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
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>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Shannon
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