I strongly urge you to stay away from the dot watch. It will be frustrating at
best and sometimes it may tell you the correct information but you’ll never
know when it is correct and when it is not.
Wendy
On Feb 9, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 mythgirl98They seemed kind of clunky and easily breakable to me when I read about
for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
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
<mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: Monday, 10 February 2020 3:04 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/
