Yeah you aren't kidding and I'd certainly be interested if there was one that was reliable and reasonably durable. On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Agent086b wrote:
> > Well, > put me down for both if the price is at all reasonable. I sure would > like a better tape measure. > Max. > Dale Leavens wrote: > > OK Tom, > > > > Why don't we attack this problem? > > > > Is the sprocket method really the most reliable means of indexing > a digital tape measure? How about a LED and photo sensor, count the > flashes. > > > > Now there must be a number of talking chips particularly with > limited vocabulary. I have a very old Sharp calculator which has a > wonderful voice and when it gets weak or under some other conditions > it speaks all sorts of things the calculator never says including > some interesting musical sounds. It has to be over 25 years old. > Anyway, do we have any idea how much that sort of technology would > cost in lots of say a hundred? > > > > I would bet there are digital tape measures out there who's > manufacturer would sell us their components at reasonable price if > for no other reason just the possible public relations value. > > > > There has to be a way of building talking tape measures more > robustly than we presently have. > > > > Similarly, versatile audible levels. I was watching a chap on > television yesterday. He was developing a scale model of a personal > flying vehicle with something close to vertical take off and land. > This is apparently a huge control issue however his solution was > twin propellers mounted to be able to swing out toward the ends of > the wings using the gyro effect to bring the nose up or down. For > control he had some sort of sensor which adjusted the speed of each > propeller according to the horizontal position of the wing. It was > cool watching him hold the plane and swing it to one side or the > other and hear the motors immediately change pitch. Presumably a > similar sensing device could be easily integrated into a leveling > measure. > > > > Do you think it would be practical to develop reliable equipment > with off-the-shelf technology at reasonable cost? I understand that > production quantities would present other cost considerations but > there may be alternatives there too if one doesn't need to make a > living from it. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom Fowle > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 8:34 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures > > > > > > > > Eric > > We bought one at work in hopes it would do better than the Cobolt. > > the technology used to keep track of the tape seems identical in > both. > > The voice is a lower quality than the cobolt but very similar. > > the function of buttons is different but not dramatically so. > > > > It uses 2 AA cells rather than the 9 volt of the cobolt. > > > > I see no reason to spend the extra money. > > > > tom Fowle > > > > On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:52:28AM -0500, Eric wrote: > > > Hello all. Previously there was alot of discussion on the vox > talking tape measure and the cobalt talking tape measure. It seems > most of us had the cobalt and was dissatisfied with it. My question > is have any of you bit the bullet and bought one of the vox ones > made by Bosh, and if so, how is it compared to the cobalt one? 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