[nabs-l] braille watches help!

Wed Aug 18 22:33:15 UTC 2010

Hi All:

I just looked again on the nfb site. In ladies braille watches, they
have a quartz one that I'm assuming is battery-powered for $45.

How long do the batteries usually last on these?

When they need a new battery, can you just get one and put it in
yourself or does the watch have to be taken into a jewelry store?

Are the batteries expensive?

Ashley, I will check out American Printing House but I'm leaning on
just getting the $45 one from NFB.

Kerri

On 8/18/10, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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