[Diabetes-talk] Pump question

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

It's not invisible, and wait for it... I was fully sighted up until the
age of 22, so I've attended many a public event where this was done. My
point is that both are rude, but it's not as disruptive as hearing
something out loud, which I said in my last post.

It's a little different when at an event specific for blind people like
a national convention because we are all aware of the situation. But
I've been in other places with people I knew, or didn't know, that were
not blind-specific, and it's a little annoying to hear that voice.

Whether the time is checked sighted or not, I think it can be rude if
done blatantly-- this was not my point though. It's just much more
disruptive and noticeable when a device speaks out loud without being
muffled or sticking a head phone in if it supports a head phone.

Bridgit

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From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Shelton
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 9:24 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question


You're forgetting that picking up your arm and looking at your watch is
only invisible if you can't ... wait for it ... see.  
-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 11:17 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question

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-----
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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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