[NFB-DB] Talking Watches

[TonyMay KG (kg6sxy)]

I enjoy using an Apple watch because it will speak the time on demand using a wide selection of different voices and will let you use a gesture to trigger what Apple calls taptic time that using vibrations to tell you the time.  It alternates between long and short vibrations to tell you the time. 11:23 AM would be one long, one short, two long, and finally three short vibrations.  It's a little expensive to get started if you are not already an Apple user but their support for deafblind users is pretty decent.

Take care,  
Tony


> On Nov 8, 2022, at 11:12 AM, Misty Kienzynski via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> I am currently looking for a talking watch for a senior who is both DeafBlind and has mild dementia. They are not great at technology and have also been told that hearing aids won’t work for them.
> 
> Suggestions? I’m obviously looking for something that is loud and clear, also something that has a standard American accent.
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> They presently have a very robotic-sounding, “fuzzy” male UK-English voiced one and it’s quite difficult for them to hear.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> Ms. Misty D. Kienzynski
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> National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
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