[blindkid] Problem with Orion TI-36X Talking Scientific Calculator when in Statistics Mode

[Richard Holloway]

Meg,

I suspect more information may increase your odds at getting a useful response. I’m not quite following it saying the first number then the answer, then the rest of the number. Perhaps you can post the brand and model of the calculator. 

If you can find someone with the exact same model (or find another one where you bought this perhaps?) what you probably want to do is duplicate the exact same situation with a duplicate calculator to try and determine if this is a defective unit, or of there is a design issue. 

In fact, a precise example might be appropriate— a specific calculation that doesn’t work as expected, and the specific result you get. 

If you can tell the manufacturer that when I enter the problem “a+b" and I anticipate “=c” and instead I’m getting “a+b=x” (obviously a random example for discussion), and then follow up with— this happens on your unit and not others, or this happens on multiple units, then they will have something to respond to.

If, for example, you tell the company you have a defective unit, but it is a design issue, they may send you a replacement that does the exact same thing...


On Sep 2, 2014, at 12:17 AM, McLean, Megan via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> We have just had an issue with our calculator and can't find a solution. When the calculator reads the answer for finding standard deviations the answer is being read incorrectly and/or reads the first number, then says answer, then continues reading the numbers. We have tried with the charger in, charger out, fully charged etc but this problem is only occurring in stats mode no matter what level the battery is at. We've written to the company in the past to ask questions but have never had a response from them. As we are in Australia it is difficult (and expensive) to make a phone call. If you have any ideas we would be most grateful.
> Regards
> Meg
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