[nabs-l] braille watches help!

Anjelina anjelinac26 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 02:42:50 UTC 2010


The Seiko is battery powered.
----- 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 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] braille watches help!


> 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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