[access-uk] Re: The Colorino colour detector

  • From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:32:49 +0100

Ibrahim,

You could ask your Social Services.  We managed to get ours for £25 as they
budgeted the rest as a tool for personal independence.  I know these things
are a bit of a lottery, but if you wanted one it's an avenue to try.

Barry.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:33 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Colorino colour detector
> 
> Hi Steve.
> 
> I'm getting my IPhone 4 hopefully in a few days, so I'll be keen to try
> it
> out.  I didn't think or expect it would be better than a dedicated
> device,
> however I'm not prepared to spend over £100 on a device no matter how
> good
> that simply gives me color and light intensity functions.
> 
> All the best, Ibrahim.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:29 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Colorino colour detector
> 
> 
> > Hi Ibrahim,
> >
> > I have on the 3GS.  If you have an iPhone 3GS, forget it.  The camera
> has
> > no
> > flash, so you are reliant on good light.  If you have the iPhone 4
> > however,
> > it should work a lot better, though I haven't tried it on the 4.
> >
> > It is not however, as good as the Colorino in my view.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of
> > Ibrahim Gucukoglu
> > Sent: Sunday 10 October 2010 14:30
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Colorino colour detector
> >
> > Hi Jackie.
> >
> > Talking of color detectors, have you ever tried using the color
> identifier
> > program you can get for the IPhone?  A really interesting article was
> > written about this program by a blind man who describes how his
> IPhone has
> > changed his world, so I wonder if you've given it a go if indeed you
> have
> > an
> >
> > IPhone.
> >
> > All the best, Ibrahim.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 12:55 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Colorino colour detector
> >
> >
> >> Hi Andy
> >>
> >> Not sure why it's playing up, but I still consider the Caretec range
> of
> >> colour identifiers the best, and my Colorino goes everywhere with
> me.
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind Regards,
> >>
> >> Jackie Cairns
> >> J&M Work-Ability
> >>
> >> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> www.work-ability.co.uk
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> >> Of
> >> ANDY COLLINS
> >> Sent: 09 October 2010 20:44
> >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [access-uk] The Colorino colour detector
> >>
> >> Mine seems to have died, not sure if it has a reset button, but
> nothing
> >> obvious, the problem seems to be with the battery compartment,
> sometimes
> >> it
> >> will work, then it'll just crash and go quiet! Removing and
> reinserting
> >> the
> >> batteries can bring this about, but like I said, it doesn't work for
> >> long,
> >> and just now, I can't get it to work at all!
> >>
> >> Is the Colorino still considered one of the best of it's kind, or
> has it
> >> now
> >> been superseded? I need something better than the Cobalt one that
> thought
> >> everything was olive Green!
> >>
> >> Feedback very welcome -
> >>
> >> ?Andy
> >>
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> >> 07:34:00
> >>
> >>
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