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An update to this. I bought this alarm clock and a few things. This sucker’s loud. Especially early morning loud when nothing is happening. There doesn’t appear to be any sort of volume control on it. There is indeed a vibration feature, but the few alarm tests I’ve tried, it still goes off with the spoken voice announcing the time as well as an accompanying alarm sound. The accompanying instructions are pretty skimpy and the clock seems pretty basic so unless I’m missing something or am just not figuring out some other settings, this clock doesn’t seem to fit my needs. The whole point to wanting a vibrating alarm clock solution is that I don’t’ want it to make noise in the morning to bother my better half as I’m the early bird and she hates mornings with the passions of a thousand burning suns. Again, if I’m missing something about this particular clock, I’m all ears. Alternatively, if there’s something else out there that a blind person can program independently and have a vibrating alarm and just a vibrating alarm, I’d appreciate knowing as well. I did come across this other model that seems to be different. Don’t know if anyone’s had experience with it? Vibrating Alarm Clock | LS&S
https://lssproducts.com/vibrating-alarm-clock/ Thanks,
From: Cristóbal Muñoz <cristobalmuli@...> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 11:40 AM To: 'main@TechTalk.groups.io' <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Subject: RE: [TechTalk] ISO blind accessible vibrating alarm clock Ah, thank you. I figured there had to be something out there. Check out the ILA Vibrating Talking travel Alarm Clock, which sells on Independnent Living Aids for $20, which I own myself. It is totally accessible and speaks all functions and has a vibrating alarmwhich can be operated by itself or in combination with one of the three alarm sounds. It also has a handy countdown timer and is small enough to fit in the chest pocket of a pajama top or under a pillow, and runs on two easily replaceable AAA batteries: https://independentliving.com/ila-talking-vibrating-travel-alarm-clock/ Gerald On 12/1/2022 10:53 PM, Cristóbal wrote: Hello list, So I’ve been using a fitBit’s vibrating alarm feature as an alarm clock, but a few things… it doesn’t seem to be holding as good of a charge, the FitBit on its own isn’t accessible necessitating always having to use the iOS app and I’ll sometimes sleep through the alarm. Maybe one day I’ll break down and buy an Apple watch for all its health features and the bonus vibrating alarm, but today’s not that day. Therefore… I’m in search of a vibrating alarm that you can stick in or under your pillow to wake you up. I know there are such alarms for the deaf and hard of hearing like this for example https://www.sonicalert.com/SBP100-Alarm-Clock And while it seems like a pretty basic set up and more or less does what I want, it doesn’t look like I’d be able to independently set up the time or alarm by myself. My wife’s sighted so in theory she could do it for me, but all things being equal, this is something I’d prefer to do on my own. Does anyone know of such a vibrating alarm that can be programmed by the blind? Thanks,
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I have just what you're
looking for. Check out the ILA Talking and Vibrating Travel
Alarm Clock, which is currently selling on Amazon for $17, plus
$7.50 for shipping. I have two of these suckers, and unlike the
ISO vibrating alarm clock, the audible alarm and vibrating
alarm can be set to sound independently of each other or
together. There are three alarm sounds, which can be turned off
completely if you just want to use the vibrating alarm, which
can also be turned off if you just want to use the audible
alarm. The clock is about the same size as the ISO clock and so
can be placed in the chest pocket of a pajama top or under a
pillow. Besides separate and independent audible and vibrating
alarms, this clock features a handy countdown timer and calendar
and runs on two easily replaceable AAA batteries:
https://www.amazon.com/Vibrating-Talking-Travel-Alarm-Clock/dp/B0015DDQ5W
Gerald
On 12/9/2022 2:30 PM, Cristóbal wrote:
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An update to this. I bought this alarm
clock and a few things. This sucker’s loud. Especially early
morning loud when nothing is happening. There doesn’t appear
to be any sort of volume control on it. There is indeed a
vibration feature, but the few alarm tests I’ve tried, it
still goes off with the spoken voice announcing the time as
well as an accompanying alarm sound. The accompanying
instructions are pretty skimpy and the clock seems pretty
basic so unless I’m missing something or am just not figuring
out some other settings, this clock doesn’t seem to fit my
needs.
The whole point to wanting a vibrating
alarm clock solution is that I don’t’ want it to make noise in
the morning to bother my better half as I’m the early bird and
she hates mornings with the passions of a thousand burning
suns.
Again, if I’m missing something about this
particular clock, I’m all ears. Alternatively, if there’s
something else out there that a blind person can program
independently and have a vibrating alarm and just a vibrating
alarm, I’d appreciate knowing as well.
I did come across this other model that
seems to be different. Don’t know if anyone’s had experience
with it? Vibrating Alarm Clock | LS&S
https://lssproducts.com/vibrating-alarm-clock/
Thanks,
Ah, thank you. I figured there had to be
something out there.
Check out the ILA Vibrating Talking travel Alarm Clock,
which sells on Independnent Living Aids for $20, which I own
myself. It is totally accessible and speaks all functions
and has a vibrating alarmwhich can be operated by itself or
in combination with one of the three alarm sounds. It also
has a handy countdown timer and is small enough to fit in
the chest pocket of a pajama top or under a pillow, and runs
on two easily replaceable AAA batteries:
https://independentliving.com/ila-talking-vibrating-travel-alarm-clock/
Gerald
On 12/1/2022 10:53 PM, Cristóbal wrote:
Hello list,
So I’ve been using a fitBit’s vibrating
alarm feature as an alarm clock, but a few things… it
doesn’t seem to be holding as good of a charge, the FitBit
on its own isn’t accessible necessitating always having to
use the iOS app and I’ll sometimes sleep through the
alarm.
Maybe one day I’ll break down and buy
an Apple watch for all its health features and the bonus
vibrating alarm, but today’s not that day. Therefore… I’m
in search of a vibrating alarm that you can stick in or
under your pillow to wake you up. I know there are such
alarms for the deaf and hard of hearing like this for
example https://www.sonicalert.com/SBP100-Alarm-Clock
And while it seems like a pretty basic
set up and more or less does what I want, it doesn’t look
like I’d be able to independently set up the time or alarm
by myself. My wife’s sighted so in theory she could do it
for me, but all things being equal, this is something I’d
prefer to do on my own.
Does anyone know of such a vibrating
alarm that can be programmed by the blind?
Thanks,
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I don’t know… the few reviews that is has are rough and that’s putting it nicely.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gerald Levy via groups.io Sent: Friday, December 9, 2022 12:40 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Follow up to ISO blind accessible vibrating alarm clock I have just what you're looking for. Check out the ILA Talking and Vibrating Travel Alarm Clock, which is currently selling on Amazon for $17, plus $7.50 for shipping. I have two of these suckers, and unlike the ISO vibrating alarm clock, the audible alarm and vibrating alarm can be set to sound independently of each other or together. There are three alarm sounds, which can be turned off completely if you just want to use the vibrating alarm, which can also be turned off if you just want to use the audible alarm. The clock is about the same size as the ISO clock and so can be placed in the chest pocket of a pajama top or under a pillow. Besides separate and independent audible and vibrating alarms, this clock features a handy countdown timer and calendar and runs on two easily replaceable AAA batteries: https://www.amazon.com/Vibrating-Talking-Travel-Alarm-Clock/dp/B0015DDQ5W Gerald On 12/9/2022 2:30 PM, Cristóbal wrote: An update to this. I bought this alarm clock and a few things. This sucker’s loud. Especially early morning loud when nothing is happening. There doesn’t appear to be any sort of volume control on it. There is indeed a vibration feature, but the few alarm tests I’ve tried, it still goes off with the spoken voice announcing the time as well as an accompanying alarm sound. The accompanying instructions are pretty skimpy and the clock seems pretty basic so unless I’m missing something or am just not figuring out some other settings, this clock doesn’t seem to fit my needs. The whole point to wanting a vibrating alarm clock solution is that I don’t’ want it to make noise in the morning to bother my better half as I’m the early bird and she hates mornings with the passions of a thousand burning suns. Again, if I’m missing something about this particular clock, I’m all ears. Alternatively, if there’s something else out there that a blind person can program independently and have a vibrating alarm and just a vibrating alarm, I’d appreciate knowing as well. I did come across this other model that seems to be different. Don’t know if anyone’s had experience with it? Vibrating Alarm Clock | LS&S
https://lssproducts.com/vibrating-alarm-clock/ Thanks, Ah, thank you. I figured there had to be something out there. Check out the ILA Vibrating Talking travel Alarm Clock, which sells on Independnent Living Aids for $20, which I own myself. It is totally accessible and speaks all functions and has a vibrating alarmwhich can be operated by itself or in combination with one of the three alarm sounds. It also has a handy countdown timer and is small enough to fit in the chest pocket of a pajama top or under a pillow, and runs on two easily replaceable AAA batteries: https://independentliving.com/ila-talking-vibrating-travel-alarm-clock/ Gerald On 12/1/2022 10:53 PM, Cristóbal wrote: Hello list, So I’ve been using a fitBit’s vibrating alarm feature as an alarm clock, but a few things… it doesn’t seem to be holding as good of a charge, the FitBit on its own isn’t accessible necessitating always having to use the iOS app and I’ll sometimes sleep through the alarm. Maybe one day I’ll break down and buy an Apple watch for all its health features and the bonus vibrating alarm, but today’s not that day. Therefore… I’m in search of a vibrating alarm that you can stick in or under your pillow to wake you up. I know there are such alarms for the deaf and hard of hearing like this for example https://www.sonicalert.com/SBP100-Alarm-Clock And while it seems like a pretty basic set up and more or less does what I want, it doesn’t look like I’d be able to independently set up the time or alarm by myself. My wife’s sighted so in theory she could do it for me, but all things being equal, this is something I’d prefer to do on my own. Does anyone know of such a vibrating alarm that can be programmed by the blind? Thanks,
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