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
<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/
