[Electronics-talk] lon lasting talking watch?

[Gerald Levy]

The difference is that sighted consumers have the option of buying a 
mechanical watch if they don't want to bother with replacing batteries.  We 
blind consumers no longer have that option.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] lon lasting talking watch?


> I'm not so sure that the quality of watches is any better for the
> sighted.  I think that unless you are willing to pay big money for a
> watch, that watches have become a kind of disposable item.  Many women I
> know own several watches that they alternate depending on what they
> happen to be wearing.
>
> Andy
>
>
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> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:13 AM
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>
>
> That's why I don't buy talking watches anymore.  I now rely on my
> talking
> pen watch or talking timer to get the time on the go.  Both of these
> devices
> run on user-replaceable AG13 button cell batteries.
>
> Gerald
>
>
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> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:38 PM
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>
>>
>> Dear Gerald,
>>
>> It is not ILA's fault,  The watches are made in china and  china made
>> batteries that do not last.  I have had the same trouble with the last
> few
>> watches I purchased and I got them from Maxiaids and SP.
>> I also got them fromILA too and they told me that there is just no way
> of
>> telling  which watches are good and which have bad batteries or
>> construction without trying them out. the Chinese don't care.  Their
> motto
>> is "buyer beware."
>> The catalog companies just get stuck with their crap and get the bad
> rap.
>>
>> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:34 AM
>> 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>
>>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> 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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