[Trainer-Talk] screen monitor

[David Andrews]

Most monitors also have vents to get rid of heat. If you put your 
hand over them you can generally feel heat coming out if the monitor is on.

Dave

At 05:47 PM 6/24/2021, you wrote:
>One of my favorite tricks to tell whether a monitor is on or not is 
>using the light probe for $20 that can be purchased from the nfb 
>independence market. This is an ugly little contraption that makes a 
>sound when it detects light. The nice thing about this probe is that 
>it is sensitive enough that you could even use it for the small LEDs 
>of appliances. We have used it before to detect which light is on 
>with the dishwasher for example. In the case of a monitor, if the 
>monitor is power light is on, this probe will be able to tell you. 
>Additionally, you could put the probe up to the monitor screen and 
>many times it will also indicate if light is on.
>
>
>On June 24, 2021 5:33:34 PM laotab ~ via Trainer-Talk 
><trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>Has jaws come up with a trick to tell if the monitor is on or off?
>>Thanks,
>>Bridget from PA