[nabs-l] braille watches help!

Thu Aug 19 01:49:06 UTC 2010

Hi All:

Okay.

Are the seiko ones battery-powered or wind-up?

Kerri

On 8/18/10, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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