[Electronics-talk] lon lasting talking watch?

[Gerald Levy]

But if you live in an urban area like many blind people do, there is not 
always a mall or Sears nearby, which means that you either have to spend car 
fare to get there or find someone willing to drive you there.  I live in 
upper Manhattan,and if I wanted to have the battery in my talking watch 
replaced, I would have to travel downtown by paratransit, which would cost 
$4.50 round trip.  Then the jeweler would charge $10 to replace the battery. 
So unless you live within walking distance of a place that replaces watch 
batteries, you are better off just buying a new one.  And what about all the 
other talking products that use non-replaceable batteries like talking 
pedometers and talking medical thermometers?  No jeweler or watch repair 
service will touch these devices.  So I no longer buy any products that use 
nonreplaceable batteries.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] lon lasting talking watch?


> Actually, I have never had a problem finding a watch repair that will
> change a battery.  Of course, they won't do it for free.  In the U. S.
> just about every mall has a "Fast Fix" or "On Time" store. Also, most
> Sears stores have a watch repair dept.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:34 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] lon lasting talking watch?
>
>
> This is one of my biggest pet peeves: talking watches whose batteries
> die
> prematurely.  Of course, you can't replace the battery yourself, and
> it's
> not always easy to find a jeweler or watch repair shop willing to do it.
>
> Battery life also depends on where you buy a talking watch.  In the past
>
> year, I have purchased two talking watches from Independent Living Aids
> whose batteries lasted a little more  than three months, just after the
> 90
> day warranty expired.  I will never buy another talking watch from them.
> I
> recently purchased a talking pen watch from Future Aids.  It runs on two
>
> AG13 batteries which are user replaceable, so if they die prematurely, I
> can
> replace them myself.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <SSommer126 at aol.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] lon lasting talking watch?
>
>
>> Hello,
>> Has anyone found a talking watch that last more than a year?
>> I have tried several without success.  Thank you
>> Susan
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