Hi Barry.Its a good suggestion, in fact I've never considered asking social services for equipment because Kawal my wife works and they for that reason might not sanction any sort of relief on equipment costs because of our combined income, however I receive direct payments for a support worker and related costs, so I might be able to use that budget to cover the cost of buying one. I'll defo speak to my social worker about this for the idea. The problem is that we live in Peterborough LOL, and so with the RNIB and deaf blind UK on their backs, they may or may not be so keen to fork out for specialist equipment which the colourino most certainly is.
All the best, Ibrahim.----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:32 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Colorino colour detector
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 thingsare 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? 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