I bought my talking thermometer from Blind Mice Megamall. Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 11, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andy Baracco <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > > > I bought a talking forehead thermometer from Speak To Me but it was a while > ago. you may want to check with them, as well as the other blind oriented > catelogs. > > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Turner > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 8:58 AM > Subject: RE: Accessible thermometer > > Well, you learn something every day. > I’ve not heard of any that talk, but a quick check at Amazon got quite a few > ranging in price from $60ish to over $200. > https://www.amazon.com/fda-approved-thermometer/s?k=fda+approved+thermometer > > > > Richard > "There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon. > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > terrie...@twc.com > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 8:51 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Accessible thermometer > > The kind of thermometer that does not touch the skin – forehead thermometers > that are held very slightly away from the forehead and scanned across it. > Thanks for all of this timely conversation about Bluetooth thermometers. > Terrie > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 11:40 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Accessible thermometer > > I'm not sure what you mean by noncontact. > But, anyone looking for a thermometer right now is just going to have to keep > looking until they find a supplier that still has some. > > > Richard > > (Sent from my iPhone SE) > C > > > > On Apr 11, 2020, at 8:37 AM, "terrie...@twc.com" <terrie...@twc.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of an accessible thermometer that is noncontact, that works > with the iPhone, and that is available at this point? > Terrie > Terlau > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 11:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Accessible thermometer > > Definitely not the time to share an under-the-tongue thermometer these days > if multiple people in your household are using it. I guess you could > disinfect it each time somebody used it, but the contactless thermometers are > definitely a better option right now and probably even if there weren’t a > COVID-19 virus, after all, if you think you have a fever you probably want to > avoid giving whatever causes it to anybody else. Of course that is not an > issue if you are only 1 person who uses it. > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 7:58 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Accessible thermometer > > Good to know. > The Kinsa is an under the tongue thermometer. At least, the older model I > have is and I’m pretty sure the Bluetooth one is as well. > I’ll keep this info for reference though. Sounds excellent. > > > > Richard > "There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon. > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 7:53 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Accessible thermometer > > There is also the “Thermo” from Nokia Health formerly Withings. > Below are links, first to the Withings website directly, then to the Canadian > Apple, Amazon and Best Buy, after that the US Apple Store, Amazon, Best Buy > and Walmart. Finally I put the links for the Thermo app on both the Canadian > and US App Stores. The only problem is that it seems you are not going to be > able to find one since they show as sold out everywhere or, in the case of > Amazon, as “currently unavailable”, I guess that is probably a result of > COVID-19. > I haven’t checked, but that may very well be the case for the Kinsa > thermometer as well. > The Thermo, by the way, connects via WiFi, not Bluetooth. we have had ours > for probably 3 years or a bit longer and I hadn’t used it until recently for > about 2 years because just before Christmas 2017 was the only and last time I > was sick with the flu and a fever in probably 10 years. > I did use it a bit more often recently just checking myself since I do have a > retail store and am out in public every day. I realized I hadn’t even > connected it yet to my iPhone 8 which I got a year and a half ago, but as > before the connection was easy and quick and after signing in to the app with > my user name and password my wife’s and my own profiles showed up and I could > still see the measurements I took back in 2017. > The Thermo also has a display where a sighted person can instantly read the > result, otherwise you can get the result inside the app about 15 or so > seconds after the reading is complete. > There is one single button. You press it once and the thermometer makes a > small vibration which means it’s ready. You have to be a little bit quick and > have it ready pointing to the middle of your forehead about half an inch or > so away from your skin since the measuring starts right away after the > vibration and only lasts for about 4 or 5 seconds. > It reads the temperature contactless, as soon as it vibrates you smoothly > move it from the middle of your forehead to your temple and stop there, the > Thermo will vibrate twice to indicate it has finished the reading. > After you do this a few times you quickly get the hang of how fast you have > to move it across your forehead so you get to your temple just before the > second double vibration. > Even if you take a reading without the Thermo app open you soon get a > notification that a new temperature reading is available, if you double tap > on that notification the app opens and shows the profiles you have set up. > In our case it shows “Me” which is me and it shows “Jackie” which is my wife. > Above that it then shows an unassigned reading, if you double tap on that > Voiceover reads out the date, time and the temperature and you can then > double tap on whichever profile you want to assign that reading to. It’s very > accessible, very simple and reliable. > After you are done you just put on the soft silicon cover and the Thermo will > turn itself off, if you want to take a second reading you just press the > button again and repeat. You can take 2 or 3 readings one after another and > if you do this you’ll see in the app that it will say that there are 2, 3 or > however many readings you took which are unassigned, you can tap on each one > and assign it or if they are all from yourself you can tap on “Select All” > and assign them all to your profile at once. In the same way you can also > delete any of the readings you took or delete them all at once. > Lastly, the Thermo app will transfer data to the Apple Health app if you set > this up and give the permission. > > OK, here now all the links: > > Withings website > $99.99 US, out of stock > > Apple Store Canada > $129.99, out of stock > > Amazon Canada > Not currently available > > Best Buy Canada > $129.99, out of stock > > Apple Store United States > $99.99, out of stock > > Amazon United States > Not currently available > > Best Buy United States > $99.00, out of stock > > Walmart United States > $88.11 – out of stock > > Thermo App on the Canadian App Store > > Thermo App on the US App Store > > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 10:39 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Accessible thermometer > > Yes. Kinsa has a bluetooth model. > > > Richard > > (Sent from my iPhone SE) > C > > > > On Apr 10, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think there was a fairly extensive discussion recently, probably on this > list, about accessible thermometers. I have one, so I did not pay very much > attention. A friend of mine unfortunately got the virus. So I lent her my > thermometer, since she lives alone and didn’t have a talking thermometer. So > now I am on the hunt for an accessible one. I think at some point richard had > mentioned a Kinsey or Kenzie something like that, that was supposed to be > accessible. But I can’t remember the spelling. I thought I had the app on my > phone, but can’t find it. 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