[Electronics-talk] looking for good talking clock and timer

[cheez]

Fred, Is that timer on the iPhone an app that you had to download?
I'm a novice iPhone user.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] looking for good talking clock and timer


> Hi,
>
> I know this is not a stand-alone device, but there some good apps for the
> iPhone.  I assume there are similar Android apps available.  Certainly not 
> a
> perfect solution, but if you have such a device it reduces the number of
> things to manage.  I like setting the timer on the iPhone.  I simply tell
> Siri to set timer for x many minutes and off we go. I can say check timer
> and it will report the remaining time. Not quite as handy as an automatic
> report, but tolerable, for me.
>
> I use my iOS timer on my treadmill and elliptical.  The timer will stop 
> the
> music or book or radio when finished or play an alarm, depending on my
> choice.  The Book Port Plus, Victor Stream the National Library Service
> digital player and the Booksense all have sleep timers which also work
> reasonably well, though you need to manually check progress on all of 
> these
> solutions.  I like the fact that you can set the Booksense to any time in 
> 1
> minute intervals.  The Book Port has a sleep timer which only has fairly
> large increments., not great for workouts.
>
> I sure wish some would write an app that would emulate the Sharp talking
> clock and the Talking clock/calculator..  Those were wonderful devices. 
> The
> Talking clock would make various elapsed time interval reports as low as 
> 10
> seconds and up to 30 or 60 minutes, can't remember for sure.  I am sure of
> the 10 second report.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:31 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] looking for good talking clock and timer
>
>
> Unfortunately,products like the Sharp EL-640 seem to be going the way of 
> the
>
> dinosaur.  There are presently only two or three talking countdown
> timer/clocks left on the market.  None of them have all the features you 
> are
>
> seeking.  Maxi-Aids used to sell the Reizen 3 in 1 Super Cube talking 
> clock
> with countdown timer which had a talking alarm clock, but it is apparently
> no longer available.  The best of the  talking countdown timers still on 
> the
>
> market is probably the one sold by FutureAids, ILA, Maxi-Aids and a few
> others.  It is a pocket-sized talking countdown/countup timer with clock.
> The timer speaks the elapsed time at regular intervals, but the talking
> clock does not have an alarm, nor does it have an hourly time 
> announcement.
> It is available from FutureAids for $14.95 with free shipping, which is
> probably the lowest overall price you can find it for.  Maxi-Aids sells it
> for $9.95 plus shipping.  I use this timer myself to time my workout
> sessions.  It operates on two AG-13 button cell batteries which are easily
> user replaceable.
>
> http://www.braillebookstore.com/Talking-Timer-Clock.1
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Russillo" <plrussillo at comcast.net>
> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 11:31 AM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] looking for good talking clock and timer
>
>
>> Hello.  I'm curious if there is a talking clock with alarm and countdown
>> timer that is similar to the Sharp El-640 talking clock/calculator/timer;
>> I have had an EL-640 for 19 years, and it finally bit the dust.  If 
>> anyone
>
>> on the list knows of a clock and timer that's similar to the EL-640,
>> including announcing time hourly as well as every five minutes as the
>> EL-640, please let me know on or off list.  My email is:
>>
>> plrussillo at comcast.net
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Peter Russillo
>>
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