[Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

[Gerald Levy]

Like audible battery testers, talking multimeters are no longer available, 
either.  So there is really no wayin for a blind consumer to check the 
strength of general purpose batteries without sighted help.  This is one 
function an IPhone will never be able to perform.

Gerald



-----Original Message----- 
From: Bryan Schulz via Electronics-talk
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 5:48 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Cc: Bryan Schulz
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

Hi,

How much testing do you do?
The price is always higher than off the shelf products but $50 was well
worth the price of a talking multi meter I bought a number of years ago at
the nfb store tables at a convention.
Bryan

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Nope, I checked the NFB store, also, and they do not sell an audible battery

tester.  Apparently, none of these blind-products merchants is willing to
produce their own battery tester.  They only sell whatever is currently
available on the market to the  general public, at marked-up prices, of
course, and since Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and
stopped producing their own audible battery testers which was sold by ILA
and Maxi-Aids, there is apparently nobody else who still makes them.

Gerald



-----Original Message----- 
From: Danielle Ledet via Electronics-talk
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 3:45 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Cc: Danielle Ledet
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

How About the NFB Independence Market? Do they have one?

On 11/20/15, Gerald Levy  via Electronics-talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> What do you mean that most batteries aren't the kind that can be tested?
> On
>
> the contrary,most batteries used in electronic gadgets are disposable
> alkaline AA or AAA batteries, whose strength can most definitely be gaged
> by
>
> a simple battery tester.  Indeed, you can find battery testers all over
> the
>
> web that test all standard battery sizes (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, and 1.5V
> button
>
> cell), but they all have digital LCD displays, which, of course are
> totally
>
> inaccessible to blind consumers.  I have a small digital tester that my
> audiologist gave me for testing my hearing aid batteries, but it is
> useless
>
> to me because it has no audible output.  This is a disturbing trend.  The
> number of accessible products actually seems to be shrinking rather than
> expanding.  Remember when there were a few talking microwave ovens on the
> market to choose from?  Now there is only one model left, and it is fairly
> expensive.  And now, there are apparently no audible battery testers left
> on
>
> the market, either.  BTW, I checked the Speak to Me web site, and
> unfortunately, they do not sell any battery testers, audible or otherwise.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cheez via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:45 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: cheez
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester
>
> Battery testers may be an extinct animal since most batteries aren't the
> kind that can be tested like the ones in the past.
> But have you tried Speak to Me Catalog?  I wonder if they offer one.
>
> Vince
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:27 AM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester
>
>
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can purchase an inexpensive, audible battery
>> tester?  I have one made by Radio Shack that I purchased from Independent
>>
>> Living Aids years ago, but it no longer beeps to indicate relative
>> battery
>>
>> strength, and so I need a new one.  I checked the ILA and Maxi-Aids web
>> sites, but neither company seems to sell an audible battery tester any
>> longer.  I suspect that the Radio Shack model they used to sell is no
>> longer being manufactured since Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy earlier
>> this year. Indeed, I checked the Radio Shack site, and they apparently no
>>
>> longer sell battery testers of any kind, audible or otherwise. Any
>> suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
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