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

Sun Feb 2 17:54:55 UTC 2014

OK, first, to perform a spotlight search, just do a three finger swipe 
down on any home page. A spotlight search will search through your 
folders and home pages for an app. It'll also search through the data on 
your phone, such as text messages, contacts, songs and so on. Just start 
typing, and a list of hits will start appearing. Just touch near the top 
of the screen and swipe to the right to move through them. For example, 
on my iPhone, the Clock app is in my Productivity folder. I couldn't 
search for the Timer tab in the clock app though.

Handwriting is a way to enter text by drawing characters on the screen. 
You can also use it to search for apps through the folders and home 
pages on your phone. To make sure handwriting is in your roter, add it 
by going to Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> VoiceOver -> Roter 
and selecting handwriting. Now on a home page, just turn the roter to 
handwriting and then start spelling the app you're locking for. For 
example, tracing the lower case letter 'c' will give you all of the apps 
on your phone that start with the letter 'c'. If you then trace the 
lower case letter 'l', you'll see all of the apps on your phone that 
start with the letters 'cl', such as the Clock app.

I hope this helps. I understand you're wanting to talk more on your 
phone than to your phone, but don't forget, the iPhone is more than just 
a phone. If you just think of it as a phone then you could be missing 
out on a lot of it's features. that's OK, but if all you want is a 
phone, you might be better served looking for an accessilble feature 
phone, if there are any out there any more. I'm not convinced that 
everyone, or even every blind person, needs a smart phone.

On 02/02/2014 01:18 AM, cheez wrote:
> Hi, Chrristopher:
> Sure, I'd appreciate it if you would explain more.  I really don't like
> talking to my phones, I rather talk on them. You can write me off list.
> Thanks.
> Vince
> cheez at cox.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain"
> <chaltain at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] looking for good talking clock and timer
>
>
>> Fred is referring to the timer tab in the clock app. The clock app is a
>> native app on your iPhone, so you don't need to download it. I think
>> it's in the Utilities folder, but I'm not sure where it is by default.
>> You can also get to it from the Control Panel, which you can bring up by
>> touching the top of the screen on any of the status icons and then doing
>> a three finger swipe up. You can also search for it using handwriting
>> mode on any home page or using the spotlight search. I can explain more
>> if interested.
>>
>> Note that if you're using Siri, as Fred suggests, then you don't need to
>> know where the clock app is. Siri will use it by default.
>>
>> On 02/01/2014 01:20 PM, cheez wrote:
>>> 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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