RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-12-22 Thread dan Thompson
The sentence is questionable and I wonder of this person’s genuineness. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ah rum Choi Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 3:19 AM To: VIPhone Cc: richardturne...@outlook.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Hello

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-12-22 Thread Gianni
Beautiful project. Do they have a web page? Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 22-dec.-2015 om 10:18 heeft Ah rum Choi het volgende > geschreven: > > > Hello, > > I kept interest in the company and found this message. I thought it would be > nice to

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-12-22 Thread Ah rum Choi
Hello, I kept interest in the company and found this message. I thought it would be nice to share with you people. "Thank you very much for your interest in the Dot smartwatch. Our team has working hard to develop a master piece. And due to few remain tech issues such as water-dust

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-12-22 Thread Paul Richard McGann
what is email contact? I can ask questions. thank you1 From: Ah rum Choi Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 4:18 AM To: VIPhone Cc: richardturne...@outlook.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Hello, I kept interest in the company and found this message. I thought it would be nice

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2015-09-17 Thread Ah rum Choi
Hello, Thank you for your clarification. My misunderstanding seems to have made a problem, and am sorry for it. And just out of curiosity, even though its not water proof, people can take them off for some time if the want to go in the water no? IT would be a problem of awareness, not of the

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-09-17 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
uot;VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: <richardturne...@outlook.com> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 4:13 AM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Well, from further research, it can easily be found that the 4 cell display is enough. It seems that the braille passes by the fin

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2015-09-17 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Message - From: "Ah rum Choi" <ckwhn...@gmail.com> To: "VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: <richardturne...@outlook.com> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:35 AM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Hello, Thank you for your clarification.

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-09-17 Thread Devin Prater
ot;Ah rum Choi" <ckwhn...@gmail.com> > To: "VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Cc: <richardturne...@outlook.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 4:13 AM > Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? > > > Well, from further research, it can easily be

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-09-17 Thread Richard Turner
Here is some more information about the Braille Smart watch. After the link to their web site, I copied the frequently asked questions and their contact information. There are forms on their web site for signing up for the contact list, newsletter, and preordering before Christmas. http

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2015-09-16 Thread Scott Dollar
this help you. Respectful, Scott From: Ah rum Choi Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 11:49 PM To: VIPhone Cc: richardturne...@outlook.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Hum.. a little weird. I asked them just a few days ago and hey told me for the moment they are developing

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-09-16 Thread Scott Dollar
this help you. Scott From: Ah rum Choi Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:13 PM To: VIPhone Cc: richardturne...@outlook.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Well, from further research, it can easily be found that the 4 cell display is enough. It seems that the braille passes

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2015-09-16 Thread Ah rum Choi
Hum.. a little weird. I asked them just a few days ago and hey told me for the moment they are developing it. They said they are going develop the water proof part. Although they did say that putting inside the water for some time isn't a good idea. Why don't we just email them again? They do

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-09-16 Thread Ah rum Choi
Well, from further research, it can easily be found that the 4 cell display is enough. It seems that the braille passes by the finger which we would feel. It's like one of those electric signs that have texts moving automatically. I would love to give this watch to my blind friend for his

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-09-16 Thread Brent Harding
car that the thing rang for the first time. - Original Message - From: Scott Dollar To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:30 PM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Hi, I do not think it is using Apple watch. My understanding

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-16 Thread Alex Stone
Carla, with you all the way there. I can't understand why anyone who is a Braille wouldn't want a Braille smart watch. Cheers Alex On 16/08/2015 10:24, Carla Savage wrote: Hi, Well, I for one will be doing further research on this. It's the case of different strokes for different folks. I

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-16 Thread Carla Savage
Hi, Well, I for one will be doing further research on this. It's the case of different strokes for different folks. I love braille and am currently typing this on a Seika Mini. 'so for me, having the abbility to privately read things whilst on the go is really important. Although i could

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-15 Thread Richard Turner
My apologies to the list for introducing this topic. I forgot how too many people like to go off the deep end with no information and waste everyone's time with their speculations and condemnations. I thought the rules of this list was that if you don't have anything of substance to contribute

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure that's a list rule or not, but even if it were, one person's substance is another person's fluff. I am pretty sure that this whole subject of a braille watch, given that it isn't an iDevice and that it doesn't interface with an iDevice is off topic for this list right from the get

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-15 Thread Kerri G
Now who is the one condemning us for expressing opinions? I think the watch may or may not be good and our countries express the allowances of freedom of speech so I say let’s have at it. On Aug 15, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com wrote: My apologies to the

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-15 Thread Devin Prater
this device beneficial. Luckily there are smart engineers out there who don't listen to such uninformed negativity and don't just assume it's impossible to come up with a braille smart watch. It's a good thing Apple engineers didn't listen to all of the blind nay sayers who said a touch screen

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
there aren't others out there who wouldn't find this device beneficial. Luckily there are smart engineers out there who don't listen to such uninformed negativity and don't just assume it's impossible to come up with a braille smart watch. It's a good thing Apple engineers didn't listen to all

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-15 Thread christopher hallsworth
Richard I am not the moderator but I think so long as there is a connection with iDevices then it should be fine to post such information. Keep them coming for now until they ask you to stop. On 15 Aug 2015, at 18:34, Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com wrote: My apologies to the list

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:01 AM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Companies are getting more stupid every day. Rule 1. Contact actual blind people before making something, or all you'll do is make yourself look incredibly stupid. Now, if you want to make braille, make an 18 cell or even 14

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2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Still further, for my 3 cents worth, which you are also getting for free, grin, if you are navigating with your guide dog or cane, you have to stop, put the harness or cane in the other hand and read your smart watch, this is one time I prefer siri or Talk back

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2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
. It would work! BobH. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 4:37 AM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? My own opinion, since that seems to be the thing for this thread, is that four cells is just not enough

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread SSEric
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Now if this company is actually real, more real than that laughable braigo crap that's been around for years but hasn't done a thing, then I might just have to look into this. But as I said

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
but the blind has Seri read to them? Not a whole lot; VoiceOver does the reading… E From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Rose Combs
Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? I thought 4 cells didn't sound enough, but folk used to love the opticon, and that was only one finger-tips worth of image, and folk read print with it. The device would need a rolling scroll, variable speed no doubt, to coordinate to the speed you'd run your

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Perfect, that's just what we need. Even I might be tempted if the price was right. - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:07 PM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? If you read up on this watch

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Rose Combs
@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 8:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? Perfect, that's just what we need. Even I might be tempted if the price was right. - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
there are smart engineers out there who don't listen to such uninformed negativity and don't just assume it's impossible to come up with a braille smart watch. It's a good thing Apple engineers didn't listen to all of the blind nay sayers who said a touch screen could never be used by the blind. For me, I say

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
@googlegroups.com *Subject:* RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20 cells, you’re back in the price range of what you can get a 20-cell display for. *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com

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2015-08-13 Thread Shaf
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Richard Turner *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:42 PM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Thinking this out a little further, can you wear a 20 cell display on your wrist? I’m not going to buy one, but just

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Richard Turner
will tell. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? I know, the article I saw mentioned that braille in bulk might

A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Richard Turner
I know nothing more than what is in the article below. This was in an Email I received today from the National Braille Press. I thought some folks might be interested. The link to the article is at the end. Now The Blind Can Read Texts On This New Braille Smartwatch Giving the blind

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Larry Lumpkin
To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Thinking this out a little further, can you wear a 20 cell display on your wrist? I’m not going to buy one, but just like the apple watch, (which I am also not going to buy,) you are paying for the convenience. Just my two

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Larry Lumpkin
list viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Braille Smart Watch? I know nothing more than what is in the article below. This was in an Email I received today from the National Braille Press. I thought some folks might be interested. The link to the article is at the end. Now The Blind

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Shaf
Amazing! This company will move mountains. On 8/13/2015 6:23 PM, Richard Turner wrote: I know nothing more than what is in the article below. This was in an Email I received today from the National Braille Press. I thought some folks might be interested. The link to the article is at

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Richard Turner
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20 cells, you’re back in the price

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Kerri G
: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20 cells, you’re back in the price range of what you can get a 20-cell display for. From

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Kerri G
Lumpkin Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20 cells, you’re back in the price range of what you can get a 20-cell display for. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

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2015-08-13 Thread Devin Prater
@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20 cells, you’re back in the price range of what you can get a 20-cell display for. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Alex Hall
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Braille Smart Watch? Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20 cells, you’re back in the price range

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-13 Thread Devin Prater
Now if this company is actually real, more real than that laughable braigo crap that's been around for years but hasn't done a thing, then I might just have to look into this. But as I said before, they need to make an inexpensive braille display before they get to my heart. The watch will only