I have one and it works great. I have found you have to run a better class of 9 volt battery like the Energizer or something equivalent.
You can get a 25 foot Braille tape marked every 6 inches on the tape with the 6 inch tab screwed to the case for about $25. All of the special order places like maxiaids.com have them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Traxler To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 12:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking Tape Measure Has anyone else bought the talking tape measure; I think it's from Cobolt? Bought mine through SpeakToMe. It has stopped working a few times. I don't know what brought it back each time, but this time I think it's gone for good. When I put the battery in, it starts to say "error, memory clear, 0 milimeters". Sometimes it gets out the whole announcement and sometimes it doesn't get out the first sylable. After that, it's totally quiet except for a slight click when I put the battery in and out. When it was working last, it would continue to repeat the last measurement and not turn off. The last measurement, of course, was zero, as I had just retracted the tape. So, has anyone else had such a problem and what did you do about it? Was it a waste of money and can I get a good Braille tape measure somewhere? Thank you much, anybody. Howard K. Traxler, Technology Specialist www.TraxlerEnterprises.com /*-- THINK GOD --*/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
