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/
