[Diabetes-talk] Pump question

[Mike Freeman]

I fear me greatly that we are perilously close to straying off -topic! 

Mike Freeman


On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:16, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, but checking a clock that's silent, or the sound is muffled as in
> the case of talking watchusers, is not as disruptive as hearing a
> talking device out loud, and they are usually loud, and then add in
> several talking devices, and it becomes a chorus. It's rude to continue
> to chek the time, in my opinion, but again, a sighted person isn't using
> a device that talks out loud, so it's not as obvious, or at least not as
> annoying and disruptive as a talking device.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Robert Shelton
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:30 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> 
> I suppose it's no different than an LDP glancing at a clock on the wall.
> Still, when I'm in a meeting, and I want to know the time, I fish my
> earpiece out of my pocket and get the time from my phone.  I'm not sure
> what the people around me think I'm doing, but then again, it's not all
> that important to me.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of limestone lady
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 6:12 PM
> To: bpollpeter at hotmail.com
> Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> Well, as I said in my post, these were all braille watches, in fact it
> was before there was such a thing as a talking watch. Whether braille or
> talking, it really isn't rudeness, just the fact that in order to check
> the time publicly, it involves some kind of sound, as minnute as a click
> or as disturbing as a robotic voice. This could have been a conference
> full of sighted people, doing the same thing and nobody else in the room
> would have been any the wiser. Just the way life goes, so don't be too
> hard on the clicking braille watches. Lol! Linda.
> 
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