Dan: Does this thing actually have a tape or do you somehow roll it along between points? And, if it has a tape or other limitations, what's the maximum length you can measure. I hadn't thought about buying one of these, but my special nativity day is coming soon.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi <d...@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:44 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure > There pretty much is one talking tape measure around these days. > It is > the Cobolt Talking tape measure from www.cobolt.co.uk Several > blindness > sites in the states carry it as well. It's about 95 bucks plus or > minus a > couple of bucks. It is supposedly accurate to 1/16 of an inch, > but many > of us suspect it lies at times. > > It takes a nine volt battery, and eats them pretty readily. When > the unit > starts acting like it is broken, not turning on easily, giving > crazy > measurements, staying out late with it's friends, drinking and > smoking, it > usually means it just needs a fresh battery. > > It will occasionally not shut the hell up, driving you to near > insanity > until you wack it, or yank it's little life blood power supply out. > > It is a pretty useful, although sometimes not as usable as you > would like, > tool. > > There was another talking tape measure out there, but it appears > to be > hard to come by these days. You will know if you have found that > other > one, if it takes double a batteries instead of 9 volts. > > Good luck. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 >
