[Trainer-Talk] Need information on Accessible date stamp

[Jack Mitchell]

It would likely be possible to somehow make some of the spots on the
different wheels feel different - nail polish, white out, etc so that you
could relatively easily get it set to a known position and then set the
correct date from there.

Jack Mitchell, M.S.Ed., COMS
Vision Technology Specialist
Orientation & Mobility Specialist

109 E Maynard Ave
Durham, NC 27704
919-260-8580


On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM Brian Vogel via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Mr. Sexton,
>
> An excellent alternative.  Whether the "eyes on" are literally human or
> from AI, it really comes down to making sure that the date you will be
> stamping is correct before you begin stamping for the day.
>
> Having worked with this kind of stamp on many occasions in the past, it's
> pretty clear for each wheel that changes something, be it month, day, or
> year, you can tell as single changes occur as you rotate them and once you
> know which way you need to rotate to get the change you want on the part
> you want, you don't tend to do anything but make the rotation(s) and then
> do a quick check of the stamp afterward.
>
> Brian
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 6:08 PM David Sexton <david at rustytelephone.net>
> wrote:
>
> > If I had to do this job, I would get used to how the stamp works. Then,
> > each morning, I'd do a test stamp on a postit note and use AI like be my
> > eyes or seeing AI to read the postit note to confirm the date is correct.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM Brian Vogel via Trainer-Talk <
> > trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I am not trying to be snarky, but wouldn't a reasonable accommodation
> >> being
> >> having someone else in the office set the date for that stamp each
> >> morning?
> >>
> >> I know of a wide variety of date stamps, but all of them require the
> >> turning of small wheels, even if they're easily physically accessible,
> to
> >> change month, day (both tens position and final digit position), and
> year.
> >> It is possible, once many of these are initially set to the correct
> >> month/day/year for modification of same to be made "by feel" of the
> wheel
> >> turned, provided you know you're going in the correct direction.
> >>
> >> But I've never known of any "talking date stamp" and can find none on
> >> Amazon.  There are scads of self-inking stamps that someone who is blind
> >> could definitely use for the actual receipt stamping of documents, but
> I'd
> >> still be having someone check that today's date is correct on it every
> >> morning if I wanted to be 100% sure that it was.
> >>
> >> Brian
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