[nabs-l] braille watches help!

Ignasi Cambra ignasicambra at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 01:16:22 UTC 2010


Just don't worry too much about the battery for now. It can literally last for years. You will need to take it to a jewelry store to change the battery, but they take two or three minutes to do it and it's not expensive.
On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Kerri Kosten wrote:

> 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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