[Sportsandrec] talking heart rate monitors

[Audrey T. Farnum]

I don't know specifically about heart rate monitors, but I'm a rower and 
I think this might work. I just started using an app called Crew Nerd. I 
am using it primarily because I wanted to get stroke rate and 500m 
splits in the boat, but it does have the ability to give heart rate info 
from a bluetooth chest strap. I haven't tried it yet so I don't know how 
accurate it is. I can tell you that the app works well with VoiceOver 
and the speech settings are very customizable. You can have it announce 
as much or as little as you want, you can control the speech rate and 
you can select the frequency of announcements. It stores all your data 
and you can download it later. I haven't tried that yet either. I have 
used a couple of water resistant bluetooth headsets in the boat for 
listening to the app. I have an LG Tone HBS 300 and a Soul Republic 
Shadow. The LG is mor comfortable and stays in place better. It's also 
only about $45 versus $100 for the Shadow, so if I do flip a boat and 
kill a headset, it's cheaper to replace. The 300 is an older model of 
the tone. I have a 320 that never worked right with Voiceover. I haven't 
used the most current model of the LG Tone, so I can't say how well it 
works. I got a waterproof bag for my phone. It has a velcro arm strap 
that I use to secure my phone to the rigger. Several of my sighted 
teammates use this app as well and I have seen phones in waterproof bags 
survive boat flips and other incidents that caused their iPhones to go 
for a swim. One of the guys on my team forgot to secure his phone to the 
rigger and just had his phone down in the boat by his foot stretchers. 
At some point, the phone fell out of the boat. It was found hours later 
floating along the shore. The phone was fine. Anyway, it's not 
specifically a talking heart rate monitor, but it is a possible solution 
that has the added benefit of giving you an accessible stroke coach as 
well. Here is a link to the app:

link
CrewNerd by Performance Phones, LLC
https://appsto.re/us/FFRws.i

And here is the developer website. They have a lot of info on the site 
about heart rate monitors and waterproof cases that they recommend.

http://performancephones.com/crewnerd/

And here is the waterproof case I am using:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01070KLCO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

HTH.

Audrey T. Farnum

On 9/27/2015 3:45 PM, Doug Gottschlich via Sportsandrec wrote:
> Does anyone have a suggestion for an accessible heart rate monitor? And
> preferably water-proof for on-water rowing?
>
> Thanks
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