[Electronics-talk] Seeking Info about the Pen Friend

Wed Sep 17 04:17:14 UTC 2014

HI All!
  Thanks to everyone for the great info. I actually did not know a lot of 
the info that was posted so this was really helpful and the ideas for how to 
make these more reusable are quite encouraging!
Happy Wednesday!
Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <sandraburgess at msn.com>
To: "James Aldrich" <jajkaldrich at gmail.com>
Cc: "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>; "Discussion of 
accessible electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Info about the Pen Friend


> Jim,
>
> It seems to me, if I remember well, that my friend said each label has a 
> diffferent number.  Maybe by the time you get the b set, you have used 
> like the first numbers.  Really, I have no clue.  What I do know is that 
> my labels do not work interchangeably with the two pen like gadgets I own.
>
>
> Sandy
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "James Aldrich" <jajkaldrich at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:02 PM
> To: "Sandy" <sandraburgess at msn.com>
> Cc: "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>; "Discussion of 
> accessible electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Info about the Pen Friend
>
>> Hi Sandy and all,
>>
>> I've wondered how critical this A and B label situation really is!  I can 
>> understand to a point if labels were made the same, this could be 
>> problematic especially if one used the Pen Friend Heavily!  Nobody has 
>> given me a straight answer on this!  You might also check LSS Products 
>> for labels since they sell both devices and they say the labels they sell 
>> work on both the Talking Label Wand and the Pen Friend.  I may phone them 
>> to learn more!  Their website is:
>> http://www.lssproducts.com
>>
>> Thank you for confirming what I understood!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Sep 16, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Sandy <sandraburgess at msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> All you say is correct.  The labels start with A, so next shipment needs 
>>> to be B, and I don't know far through the alphabet they go.  It seems 
>>> I've had a and b from Independent Living Aids.  Both my wand type 
>>> devices came from there, but the site has no mention of reorders of 
>>> Touch Memo labels.  My friend has an inexpensive wand/labeler from Speak 
>>> to Me which she named Wanda.  I'll check independent living web site 
>>> pretty soon.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "James Aldrich via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 9:08 PM
>>> To: "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>; "Discussion of 
>>> accessible electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Info about the Pen Friend
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I too have questions about ordering new labels for the Pen Friend. I'll 
>>>> tell you what little I know!
>>>>
>>>> You can record again your message to the label again especially if u 
>>>> messed up the first recording.  This means you can record the label as 
>>>> many times as you wish!  I believe your messages are stored in the 
>>>> memory of the pen friend itself.  It associates message with symbols or 
>>>> letters on a given label.  As you may know, the pen friend is also an 
>>>> MP3 player. If you simply wish to label in this way only,  consider the 
>>>> talking label wand from LSS products, Buffalo New York.  I have them 
>>>> both and they both work nicely.  The talking label wand is cheaper and 
>>>> all functions speak! This is not the case with my particular pen 
>>>> friend.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 16, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Christine Szostak via Electronics-talk 
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> I know there has been some talk on this list in the past about this 
>>>>> product, usually questions about where to purchase extra materials, 
>>>>> but I happened  to see a video on the Pen Friend and was curious about 
>>>>> something that they did not mention and does not seemm to be in the 
>>>>> descriptions I have seen in the catalogs that include this product. 
>>>>> Can the labels be re-used or are they one time use only? In other 
>>>>> words:
>>>>>
>>>>> a)  Can you re-record new messages on the same label or is there only 
>>>>> the ability to record one thing?
>>>>>
>>>>> b)  Can you remove a label from one thing and place it on another? As 
>>>>> an example, say you purchase a can of corn, label the can, later, 
>>>>> after you use the can of corn and purchase another (because you really 
>>>>> love corn and can not wait to get more:)), can you remove the label 
>>>>> from the old can  and place it on the new can or is it some type of 
>>>>> adhesive that starts to lose its stick if removed and affixed to 
>>>>> something new? Hopefully that made sense:).
>>>>> Have a fantastic week all!
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> Christine M. Szostak, PhD
>>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>>> Department of Psychology
>>>>> Shorter University
>>>>> Rome, Georgia
>>>>> szostak.1 at osu.edu
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