[Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

Sat Nov 21 14:16:44 UTC 2015

Hey Terry thanks. I tend to forget about APH, will have to explore
there offerings more. Crazy I used toorder from them in high school
though. Jeff, cool I wil have to use that method. I used to get
catalogs from all the suppliers of blindness products to ave on hand
for ordering products and will have to do thatagain lso whoa almost
gave you ag in Braille.

On 11/20/15, Jeff Samco via Electronics-talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> If one only needs relative information about the charge status of
> household batteries like AA and AAA then I just use a paper clip. I
> use something less than a heavy duty clip and bend it so the 2 ends
> will connect with each terminal. Then, the paper clip merely offers
> resistance and generates heat according to how much charge is in the
> battery. Be careful, a fully charged battery will heat the clip up
> quickly to a fairly hot temperature. But, batteries that are quite
> discharged will generate little or no heat. This simple method meets
> my needs and I use it almost weekly.
> HTH,
> Jeff
>
> At 03:28 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:
>
>>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
>>To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>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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