[Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

Sat Nov 21 04:18:44 UTC 2015

Don't give up on the iPhone just yet, Gerald.
I think there's an app that works with some kind of device you plug into the 
iPhone to read something.  I can't recall what it is at the moment.  Perhaps 
someone does.

Vince

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From: "Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 3:04 PM
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> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester
>
>
> 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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