[gui-talk] Talking pulse rate monitor?

[Baracco, Andrew W]

I used to have a device called the Heartalker.  It consisted of an
elastic band that wraps around your midsection, with sensors that sit
over your chest.  It has a headphone jack, and I believe that they
provide some bud headphones.  It has an on-off switch, and when turned
on, will give you a reading of heart rate, I believe, every minute.  I
do not remember a way to get a reading on demand.  I believe that it
cost about $50, and I got it from Speak To Me.  I didn't find it to be
very rugged at all, and the speech would stop.  i believe it probably
was because of perspiration shorting out the sensors.  I would also be
interested in such a device, so I would appreciate that findings be
posted to the list.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:29 PM
To: GUI-Talk
Subject: [gui-talk] Talking pulse rate monitor?

I've found a blood pressure unit I'm interested in, thanks to help I
received here. Now I'd like to find just a pulse rate monitor that
talks. 
The kind I could use while I'm working out in order to check my pulse
rate whenever I wish. I know this function is included with the speaking
reading you get from that talking blood pressure unit, but that isn't
what I'm concerned with. You can't use a stationary bike or treadmill
and keep activating a blood pressure device on your upper arm every few
seconds just to hear your pulse rate announced after it runs its test. I
want an instant reading, on demand. I'm imagining something like my
talking wrist watch except you push the button then you wait a few
seconds and then the thing says your pulse rate loud and clear.

I know someone in the UK posted about something like this, but I need to
find a U.S. source, or sources, for a device like this. I figure that
maybe the large catalogue houses like Maxi Aids and LS&S, and maybe
others I can't think of, may carry such a thing. But I don't have their
URLs. Can anyone give me those We b addresses plus suggest other
possible sources? A search on Amazon turns up nothing, and a Google
search turns up a bunch of confusing hits.

Help, please?



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