accurate.
Thanks
Darren.
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
There pretty much is one talking tape measure around these days. It is
the Cobolt
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on
Behalf Of Darren Brewer
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:30 AM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Hi
The other talking tape measure is called Vox, and can
volt version?
Al -Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on
Behalf Of Darren Brewer
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:30 AM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Hi
The other
Sheryl,
Yes there is and in the past (check the archives) there has been
considerable discussion on this list regarding them. Some folks are happy
with them, some not. I've had mine for 2-3 years and use often with no
problems. I purchased mine at Maxiaids. check out link below
www.maxiaids.com
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
Thanks I will check both the archives and Maxiaids. Thanks Sheryl
At 08:37 AM 3/2/2010, you wrote:
Sheryl,
Yes there is and in the past (check the archives) there has been
considerable discussion on this list regarding them. Some folks are happy
with them, some not. I've had mine for
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
@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:37 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Sheryl,
Yes there is and in the past (check the archives) there has been
considerable discussion on this list regarding them. Some folks are happy
with them, some not. I've had mine for 2
Max,
I wouldn't go that far. The talking tape measure is a bit flaky at times,
and I have threatened to bury it in cement, then dump the lump of cement
into the river. But I am often glad I have it. I do use it, and as long
as you know it's limitations, it can be a useful tool.
--
Blue
so that is how I will send this one
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From: Max Robinson m...@maxsmusicplace.com
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
I've seen so many messages about bad experiences I wouldn't touch
Lenny, I can't remember for sure but do those batteries have an expiration
date or a date of any kind on them?
-Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 7:15 PM
To: handyman-blind
I don't know. I will ask Karen to check a package.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hodges tomhod...@fuse.net
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Lenny, I can't remember for sure but do those
.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hodges tomhod...@fuse.net
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Lenny, I can't remember for sure but do those batteries have an expiration
date or a date of any kind on them
Lenny,
I've had similar experience on several fronts and often our
answers are the most obvious but most over looked.
Al
-Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Lenny
McHugh
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 7:15 PM
To:
Lenny, I had trouble with a unit and I got a new 6 pack of batteries and all
were bad. I should not say bad, the voltage was to low for it too work.
They powered one other item and nothing else. After checking it out with
different items and more new batteries, I found out it was the battery
: Bob Kennedy
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
I believe the one from Germany is made by Bosch.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent
Not true, there is anothertalking tape I believe made in Germany which is
similar
but uses 2 AA batteries and has lower quality speech.
Also has some differences in operation but it's nearly a knockoff.
More expensive i believe and I've no reason to believe it would be any more
reliable.
So
Matt,
there are rulers that have a sliding centering gizmo built in. these are
for sightlings, but for centering should work.
they look like an old fashioned flat ruler but have a moving pointer on one
edge and another that lies between the pointer and one end. this second
pointer follows the
wasn't this a common problem?
Isn't there another manu making the device with less trouble, or was this
the one with less trouble?
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Lenny McHugh wrote:
Well, I am quite upset with the cobolt talking tape measures. About a year
ago I was in the middle of a project and
I believe the one from Germany is made by Bosch.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Not true, there is anothertalking tape I believe made
Tell me about it! I have gone through at least 8 or 9 of these things. I
can't understand why they can't make them a little more durable.
Eric
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh lmch...@verizon.net
To: handyman-blind blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Well, you are tenacious.
After I bought my first one and it didn't last long, I gave up on them all
together.
Too much money for something which didn't work.
But I loved the idea of it.
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh
To: handyman-blind
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Those talking tapes drive me nuts.
I do know that if you turn it off when the tape is not fully retracted, it
thinks that it is at the zero position. For example, if the tape is pulled
out to 8 inches and you turn it on it will think it is at zero inches. Then
if you pull it out 4 nore inches
, October 20, 2009 12:20 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Tell me about it! I have gone through at least 8 or 9 of these things. I
can't understand why they can't make them a little more durable.
Eric
- Original Message -
From
that it
is as close to center as possible.
Train car rooves and so on.
Matt
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hodges
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:54 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
I think the reason they don't do anything
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Now, if they would create a talking click rule? hahah,
I am considering buying a second click rule.
So many things I have to center.
I've been clampping the click rule to my pieces, and using it to center
I think they call it the Rotomatic. I haven't used one before, just heard
about them.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hodges
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Do you know the name
I second that. I still have one sitting on the shelf cause the little
piece of metal that was attached to the door fell off. I can't recall
if it is the exact same brand, but certainly has the same voice.
On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Matt wrote:
Well, you are tenacious.
After I bought my
measure with an accuracy of one-sixty-fourth-inch and it can be used to
transfer any non-numeric distance.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hodges
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:36 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
Do
I purchased mine from there as well. Even though it was sent from the UK to
California, it was cheaper than where I could buy it Stateside. However,
that was before the dollar plunged.
-Original Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Lenny
right now and would
have to do a lot of looking to find the names...
ROB FROM MINNESOTA
- Original Message -
From: tunecollector
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:08 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
I purchased mine
the 9 volt one if the Cobolt from england.
The Aa battery one is a german knockoff, I believe available
from Maxi aids
they use the same speech but the German one is much poorer quality.
but they're based on the same technologies and tape reading
techniques.
The german one is more expensive.
I ask them
if it is a Cobolt they don't know.
Thanks again,
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure another use
Hi Mike,
I have the Cobolt model
hi Lenny,
Could you please reply with the brand,model, and where to purchase the
talking tape measure you are using?
Thank you,
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh
To: Handyman-Blind
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:25 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure
and had the
repaired one as a backup They were very kind they did not charge me for any
repair..
- Original Message -
From: Mike Barbara Kimo Jumbo Brunner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape
I gave my daughter a talking watch at the age of 3, and a talking
calculator at the age of 5. She knows what the symbols are; and has been
able to tell me time for a while. She is a bit over 5 (by months) now and
can look at a digital and say it without trouble.
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Lenny
Yeah, I just sent my Talking tape measure back for repair in December. I
don't think it took three weeks round trip. Didn't cost anything either.
To get it repaired that is. Can't remember how much it cost to ship it
though.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail:
You're probably stuck in memory mode or you're hitting the memory button
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:46 AM
To: Blind Handyman
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measure
PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measure
Wouldn't you loose the memory when the battery was changed? It had no battery
over night.
Loren
- Original Message -
From: tunecollector
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:46 AM
Independant Living Aids
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Andrew J. LaPointe wrote:
Clear DayHi, I have purchased a talking tape measure but, I can't remember
where I got it from. I keep thinking I got it from Ann Morris. Can someone
tell me where someone can get this now? I have a friend that would
hi go to the cobolt companys web sight you will get it the cheepest from there.
and shipping is free.
the web site is
http://www.cobolt.co.uk/
jim
At 05:51 AM 10/18/2006, you wrote:
Clear DayHi, I have purchased a talking tape measure but, I can't remember
where I got it from. I keep
Brice,
according to www.xe.net/ucc a currency conversion web site that is updated
several times a day, Your #49.95 pound measuring tape will cost $78.33
U.S. dollars.
Hope that helps.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel:(412) 268-9081
To
Maxie aids
Steve Shannon
Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love..
October 11, 2003
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Andrew J. LaPointe
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:52 AM
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