[gui-talk] Talking pulse rate monitor?

Tue Jan 13 19:16:43 UTC 2009

I have to agree.  I purchased a wrist model and it was wildly inaccurate. 
so I wised up and purchased the LifeSource ua767t, which was recommended 
my my sister-in-law's doctor and mine.

Will
wilsmith at iglou.com
  On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Baracco, 
Andrew W wrote:

> I have heard many good things about the BP monitor from Life Source.  I
> would stay away from the wrist monitors, as doctors I have spoken to say
> that they are dangerously inaccurate.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of albert griffith
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>
> A number of people from other lists have told me they're happy with a
> blood pressure monitor from Oregon Scientific for $50.  People also
> recommended Speak To Me catalog.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:13 PM
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> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking pulse rate monitor?
>
> thanks for the comments, Andy, and let's see if anyone else chimes in.
> That thing sounds like quite an elaborate contraption, and even if it
> worked great and was durable, I would not be happy to have my one
> functioning ear blocked by the ear bud. I rip some workout music to .mp3
> files in mono in order to have music to keep me riding the stationary
> bike, which is hard because of constant vertigo from another problem, a
> tumor having destroyed part of my balance system. But I need the music,
> not periods of silence between readouts what mny pulse rate is. heart
> rate. Whatever is more proper
>
> to say.an't ybwtween
>
> So let's see if anyone mentions something else now.
> my contratpion.elabortaate qawfully
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
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> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking pulse rate monitor?
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>
> 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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