[nabs-l] braille watches help!

Wed Aug 18 23:00:21 UTC 2010

I think the average person, even those inexperienced in reading Braille 
watches, with reasonable handling can deal with them without causing damage. 
However, unless you're looking for something fancy, the cheaper ones hold up 
quite well.

Best,
Dezman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
To: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "National Association of 
Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] braille watches help!

> 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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