[blparent] totally accessible timer

[Robert Shelton]

I got a talking watch from MaxiAids
(http://www.maxiaids.com/store/default.asp) which has a reasonably good
stopwatch which would probably work.  The watch was maybe $15.  They
probably have timers too.

I had bad luck with their products maybe ten years ago, but their quality is
pretty good now, and the price is usually competitive.

"the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to
sleep under bridges."
--Anatole France

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Hammel [mailto:poetlori8 at msn.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:29 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] totally accessible timer

I think that's the one we have and I don't like it because not all the 
buttons talk to you to know what you've done.  I've never felt comfortable 
using it.  When we used to time bites of food, I put my Braille Lite in a 
plastic bag and used it.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 9:24 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] totally accessible timer

> I know the Independence Market at the NFB has a talking timer.  It is very
> accessible; I can't remember if it speaks everything or not, but you can
> certainly set the timer itself very easily.  I used to use ours all the 
> time
> when I was pumping breast milk and wanted to do it for a certain amount of
> time.  This timer has a belt clip and also a magnet to put it on the 
> fridge.
> Hope this helps.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 4:08 PM
> To: blparent
> Subject: [blparent] totally accessible timer
>
> Have any of you found a totally accessible timer?  We have one of the
> talking ones from our Aids and Appliances at our Department for the Blind,
> but it doesn't say everything.
> In the work, play, work play schedule for my children, we need to time the
> play time.  Also I could set a time for a certain toy and keep switching
> them.  Problem is, I don't have a good accessible timer.  The one on my 
> Pac
> Mate would work but would like something more kid-friendly so I can set it
> when I'm right there by them.
> Barbara
>
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom
> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
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