Trying it before you buy may just give you a temporary feeling that it works
because sometimes it will for 3 or four hours. It doesn’t give you the full
picture. It is unreliable. For people with hearing impairment there is an
option and it’s called a Tissot Watch. It is vibration only for reading time
and four alarms. Very stable and very well-made.
Wendy
On Feb 9, 2020, at 6:16 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the best you can do is what you are doing now, getting the word out
there so people might have second thoughts about this product or at least
people may try before they buy if at all possible.
I know that I would have to have a good recommendation before at the very
least from someone I know before I went out and purchased such a product.
The feedback I initially received regarding the Dot Watch was quite positive,
yes the dots could get clogged with dust but then again that’s what one
should expect with any refreshable Braille device as unfortunate as it is so
I have to admit I was quite surprised at what has been posted today.
This doesn’t mean that I’m doubting what has been written, on the contrary
I’m surprised at the lack of support people seem to be getting for the Dot
Watch from the manufacturers.
On 10 Feb 2020, at 11:07 am, Wendy <wendy.poth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you for the feedback, I’m sorry that you were disappointed as well. Do
you think there’s anyway we can hold them accountable? I sure would like my
$200 back but even more than that I’d like to not see anybody else get
sucked in the way I did. Let me know if you have any ideas, thanks.
Wendy
On Feb 9, 2020, at 4:35 PM, Deb Cook Lewis <deblewis53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was a beta tester for this when they were releasing it. It was a total
piece of garbage and the advertising is completely that, just advertising.
It’s such a great concept. My husband wanted one almost no matter what, but
even he had to admit that it was a total loser. The dots did not raise and
retract accurately as you noted, it had trouble staying connected to the
phone although I’ve heard that’s going better, and the entire cell spacing
in the cells and between them was actually not to the specifications for
braille.
We gave them a lot of feedback as did other testers, but I don’t think they
really took much if any of it.
From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2020 8:04 AM
To: 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> 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> 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 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/
