[nabs-l] braille watches help!

Wed Aug 18 21:26:33 UTC 2010

Kerri,
Try looking at American print house for the blind; sometimes they sell 
accessories.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
To: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>; "National Association of 
Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] braille watches help!

> Hi Robert:
>
> Where can you get one of those?
>
> I don't want to get anything from Maxiaids, Independent Living Aids
> seems really pricy, and then there is the NFB store but I didn't see
> any wind-up watches online, just the quartz ones.
>
> I am definitely not getting the $175 one as that's way too
> expensive...I want to take your advice and get a cheaper one to start
> out with but the cheapest I can find at least from the NFB
> independence market online is a $45 quartz one.
>
> Kerri
>
> On 8/18/10, Robert Jaquiss <rjaquiss at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hello Kerri:
>>
>>      If you have never used a braille watch, I advise getting an 
>> inexpensive
>> windup one. It takes practice to read a braille watch and you don't want 
>> to
>> accidentally dammage a $170+ watch. Getting them repaired is expensive. 
>> Hope
>> this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] braille watches help!
>>
>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> So, looking online, the independence market seems to only have the
>>> quartz kind, which according to what Robert said is the one I would
>>> want since it is battery-powered (I don't want to wind up anything.)
>>>
>>> Should I just get the cheapest quartz I can find?
>>>
>>> Are the quartz watches hard to read?
>>>
>>> Kerri
>>>
>>> On 8/18/10, Hina <haltaf at carrollu.edu> wrote:
>>>> yes there is vibrating braille watch in our store at work.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Anmol Bhatia" <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>; "National Association of
>>>> Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 7:55 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] braille watches help!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a vibirating braille watch? I thought I saw one somewhere but 
>>>> I
>>>> do
>>>> not remember where. Also is there such thing as a digital braille watch
>>>> or
>>>> water prouf braille watch?
>>>> Anmol
>>>> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. 
>>>> Perhaps
>>>> there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a
>>>> breeze
>>>> among flowers.
>>>> Hellen Keller
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Tue, 8/17/10, Robert Jaquiss <rjaquiss at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Robert Jaquiss <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] braille watches help!
>>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 4:44 PM
>>>>> Hello Kerri:
>>>>>
>>>>> In my opinion, if you have not used a braille
>>>>> watch before, get a cheap one. It isn't hard to learn, but
>>>>> if you mess up a cheap watch, you aren't out too much money.
>>>>> There are basically three kinds of braille watches. The
>>>>> first and oldest is the wind up watch. As the name implies,
>>>>> you wind it up each day. The second kind is the self winding
>>>>> watch. This type of watch has a mechanism that uses your
>>>>> body's motion to keep it wound. The third is the quartz
>>>>> movement type which is battery powered. Braille watches open
>>>>> in one of three ways. The first way is to press on the crown
>>>>> or end of the winding stem. This releases a catch which lets
>>>>> the crystal string open so you can very gently feel the
>>>>> hands. Other release mechanisms have a button at the two
>>>>> o'clock position which release the crystal. The third type
>>>>> opens at the six o'clock position. There are two basic sizes
>>>>> of braille watches. One for men which is the largest and one
>>>>> for ladies which is smaller. The lady's watch is a bit
>>>>> harder to read. Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Jaquiss
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerri Kosten" 
>>>>> <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:27 PM
>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] braille watches help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi All!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I asked briefly about this in a post a few days ago,
>>>>> but it was amidst
>>>>> > many other questions so I figured it'd be best to just
>>>>> start a new
>>>>> > thread about braille watches.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I am considering getting a braille watch because it
>>>>> would make it much
>>>>> > easier to independently tell the time in noisy or
>>>>> quiet situations. My
>>>>> > friend has a Seiko braille watch. David Andrews told
>>>>> me to look on
>>>>> > Independent Living Aids for it. I not only did this,
>>>>> but I also did a
>>>>> > google shopping search for it. The cheapest Seiko
>>>>> watch I can find is
>>>>> > $150 from Amazon. The Seiko watch on Independent
>>>>> Living Aids is $179.
>>>>> > Please help! Is this a good price for a braille watch?
>>>>> That's almost
>>>>> > $200. My friend, and David Andrews told me that it's
>>>>> up to me but I've
>>>>> > never really seen or used a braille watch before so I
>>>>> have no idea of
>>>>> > what prices are good, and what to look for.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Do many of you use braille watches? Do you find them
>>>>> useful?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Right now, I use my Iphone or my computer to tell time
>>>>> and that has
>>>>> > worked but when I am in a noisy environment a braille
>>>>> watch may help.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What are the differences between the expensive Seiko
>>>>> watches and the
>>>>> > cheaper ones? I saw ones on the NFB site for $45...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What things/characteristics should I look at when
>>>>> trying to decide on a watch?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I also know Seiko has stopped making their braille
>>>>> watches...so which
>>>>> > ones do most of you use? What is a good one to get
>>>>> that is similar to
>>>>> > the Seiko?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Are there any other ones being made that you don't
>>>>> have to wind the
>>>>> > hands for? I've been told that with most other watches
>>>>> you have to
>>>>> > wind the hands but with the Seikos you don't have to
>>>>> do this.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Also, are you required to use a braille watch during
>>>>> training at
>>>>> > either LCB or CCB?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If so, which ones do they give?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Is it even worth getting one? Lol. Like I said usually
>>>>> my computer
>>>>> > and/or my Iphone are fine, but in noisy environments I
>>>>> have to ask
>>>>> > someone what time it is because I can't hear Voiceover
>>>>> on the Iphone.
>>>>> > The voice they use is kind of soft.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>> > Kerri
>>>>> >
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