My purchase will ether be a Dot Watch or an Apple Watch Series 5.
I thought the Braille cells might be handy for me given I have a hearing
impairment, the Apple Watch may be difficult for me to hear.
There are ways I can pair the Apple Watch directly to my Hearing Instruments
even though - at time of writing - the Apple Watch isn’t compatible with “MFI”
hearing devices.
I hope to make my purchase this time next month.
On 10 Feb 2020, at 11:12 am, Wendy <wendy.poth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For anybody who’s gotten comfortable with an Apple Watch this is not a
tremendous difference in terms of size. It’s the functionality it is just
dreadful. Also, and almost worse is the lack of responsibility that the
company takes. Shyster is the only word that comes to mind.
Wendy
On Feb 9, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Katie Epperson (Redacted sender mythgirl98 for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
They seemed kind of clunky and easily breakable to me when I read about
them, but that could not be the case at all.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 9, 2020, at 9:21 AM, Dane Trethowan <grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I am very grateful for those owners of the Dot Watch in not being backward
in coming forward with their opinions and observations as they are a great
guide as to what to look for or what to expect when buying.
From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> On Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: Monday, 10 February 2020 3:04 AM
To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Dot Watch - In touch with the world. From your
wrist.
I bought one of these and I was very excited. It feels great until.dot.
All cells do not fire at all times and there is no pattern to when and why
they do or do not. You might see a time as zero 123 just to find out it
should have been zero 623 or zero 723. Additionally, sometimes it takes a
long time went touching the advance bar to get The new set of four braille
cells. I contacted the company about five times within the first seven days
they we are very responsive sending instructions after that they stopped
responding to me. When I finally sent a rather threatening note telling
them that if they would Not respond I would start posting negative
commentary on their product and, surprise, they wrote back. They had no
solution they just told me not to touch the cells cells until all pins are
up and ready to be touched. I don’t know how you could possibly know when
that time is. It’s a wonderful concept for a watch but it is far from
being stable and the company I find to be very dishonest. $200 and I’m
stuck with something I will never use because of it’s unreliability. Very
sad.
In conclusion the Bluetooth connectivity is very weak so if you get two
rooms away from your phone you lose the connection and often you have to go
in and pare it again. Wendy
On Jan 16, 2020, at 12:25 AM, Rikki Chaplin <rikkichaplin@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:rikkichaplin@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
It has four cells. I wouldn't use it for reading long messages but it's
fine for simple ones. It has a timer though which is really cool! You can
seamlessly tell the time in a meeting or any context where you need
discretion with it barely making any sound. You can also do that with an
Apple watch in vibrate mode, but this is much faster! One press of a button
and the time comes right up on the display in braille. Hope that helps.
On 16/01/2020 4:15 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
How many cells does this device actually have and do you find it easy to
scroll through those longer messages or eMails?
On 16 Jan 2020, at 4:26 pm, Rikki Chaplin <rikkichaplin@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:rikkichaplin@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I bought one of these and indeed found it great! However, take note when
they tell you to ensure that you replace the cylicone covering over the
display if it tares. Mine came off eventually and I hadn't gotten around to
replacing it. In the meantime, because I used it everywhere, the braille
cells clogged up due to it getting dust and pobably oil in it. I concluded
that this device should be used selectively rather than in places like the
kitchen for example, where you're dealing with oil and ingredients that
generate crumbs, remnants etc. I've since gone back to alovely standard
braille watch by Auguste Raimond, but I may well get another DotWatch.
Cheers,
Rikki.
Sent from my iPhone
On 16 Jan 2020, at 3:18 pm, grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So here we have a device which is truly worth owning in my opinion.
The article doesn’t mention just how unobtrusive this device can be, no
voice to distract others for example.
Anyway take a look at the page and decide for yourself.
https://www.dotincorp.com/ ;<https://www.dotincorp.com/>
