[Sportsandrec] talking heart rate monitors

[Jessica Beecham]

I am not sure how accurate it is but you the Apple Watch monitors HR. It is accessible with voice over and is water resistant not water proof. 

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> On Sep 27, 2015, at 4:42 PM, "Kelly Thornbury via Sportsandrec" <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Haven't seen a "talking" HR monitor in years, and because of the lack of quality in most I had owned I don't bother with them anymore. Regardless, every one I even had used headphones, and honestly were in my experience not even sweat proof, let alone water proof. 
> 
> So, my suggestions are based on what you want to pay and what features you are looking for. A simple Polar watch and some sighted help setting up workout zones is an option. Something like a Timex or Garmin may be an option. My Garmin multisport watch has GPS so for rowing as an example you could set up an auto-lap by distance and get HR max and average for each segment. Mine also vibrates if I move between zones, and I know what zone I'm in based on perceived effort. 
> 
> Probably my best suggestion would be from 4III. Short story it's a device that attaches to your [sun] glasses and connects via ANT+ to things like HR monitors and Speed/cadence sensors. There is no "recording" of data as far as I know (again, haven't had the need to look in a long time), but the HR strap will connect via BlueTooth to an iPhone (maybe others by now, I know it was in the works). The HR strap is waterproof (but like any ANT+ protocol won't transmit under water) and I know the head unit (on the glasses) is water resistant, but I don't know to what level/depth. The head unit can be set to give both LED and audible data on a preset time interval or at a finger tap on the device. May also need sighted help for the initial set up (the computer-based set up software was not JAWS/VoiceOver compatible but the IOS software is sometimes. 
>> On Sep 27, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Doug Gottschlich via Sportsandrec wrote:
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>> Does anyone have a suggestion for an accessible heart rate monitor? And
>> preferably water-proof for on-water rowing?
>> 
>> Thanks
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