[blindza] Re: Next pseudo gadget got hold of this past weekend
- From: Bill English <english.family@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:01:03 -0700 (PDT)
Peter once said, with some earphone types anyway, a laptop or net book would
last quite a bit longer when using The vOICe, if volume was set at lowest
level,
yet is still discernible.
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From: Bill English <english.family@xxxxxxxxx>
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 3:49:32 PM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Next pseudo gadget got hold of this past weekend
I noticed on the specs of many earphone types, they have the same R value as
normal speakers do. It would pay to find electrical resistance of these items,
to be sure. This fact surprised me many years ago, so my data may be out of
date, admittedly.
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From: Jacob Kruger <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 2:19:49 PM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Next pseudo gadget got hold of this past weekend
Pretty sure general earphone usage of something like a netbook wouldn't really
affect it's own battery life as such - whereas if you used something like an
actual built in speaker or something that would most likely drain more power.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
>From: Bill English
>To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:14 PM
>Subject: [blindza] Re: Next pseudo gadget got hold of this past weekend
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>This answers my previous questions, both sender & receiver are battery
>powered. Would this extend battery life of net books (etc) appreciably? Or
>is
>battery drain from earphone use, negligible, and not an issue here?
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From: Jacob Kruger <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: NAPSA Blind <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: BlindZA <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 4:43:42 AM
>Subject: [blindza] Next pseudo gadget got hold of this past weekend
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>Ok, this is partly relevant, since I got hold of it specifically for use
>along with my screen reader in an open plan office environment, etc.
>
>Anyway, had been looking for some form of wireless headset for a little
>while
>that would preferably be somewhat portable, would be battery powered or
>rechargeable on both ends - base/transmission unit as well as
>headphones/receiver, etc. etc., with part of the idea being that while do
>use
>normal headphones, the lead sometimes gets in my way when I am trying to do
>things with my hands, inbetween typing on the keyboard, etc., and sometimes
>it would just be nice to not be restricted by an audio lead, etc., and the
>sort of final thing is sometimes it might be nice to use an audio gadget of
>sorts without it being too obvious that I had earphones in my ears, etc.,
>but
>that one's still not perfectly doable due to the size of the headphones,
>but
>at least they're relatively comfortable/lightweight.
>
>Basically it's a base unit around 20cm high when standing up, around 3cm
>thick, and around 10cm back to front, and it can run off 3 AAA batteries in
>both base unit, and headphones, which while they're ones that fit over your
>ears, they're relatively lightweight, and quite comfortable.
>
>The base unit also has a DC power socket, but it didn't actually come with
>the relevant power unit, but that should be easy enough to find at the
>right
>sort of shop since it's generally just the diameter of that socket that
>makes
>sure it's the right voltage, etc.
>
>What you do is turn on the base unit, and then turn on the headphones, and
>it
>has it's own volume control, and a microphone input socket, and then also
>another 2 press buttons on it, which let you reset it to base unit
>reception,
>or to sort of scan through FM radio channels - so it sort of doubles as a
>battery powered FM radio if you want that.
>
>On the base unit, there's an on/off slider switch, and another slider
>switch
>that lets you switch it between audio input, or acting as a form of baby
>monitor/spy device where it uses a built in microphone to then let you
>listen
>to what's happening around it, and the stereo audio line it comes with also
>has a standard RCA converter lead to let you plug it into things like TVs,
>etc., but anyway.
>
>The range is meant to be around 10 meters, but depending on surroundings,
>it
>actually seems a little bit further transmitting than that - sometimes
>anyway, and while it's not the loudest set of earphones, they do seem to
>provide pretty decent sound quality, and it does also handle stereo well
>enough.
>
>Lastly, while had been asking one of the local, decent computer shops to
>look
>for something like a bluetooth unit for me, etc., they firstly seemed to
>think these weren't too easy to find, and the prices they came back with
>were
>around R700+, but when happened to be in a smaller local computer shop this
>past weekend, that, among other things sells some other gaming accessories,
>and second hand PC games, etc., I asked them, and they had this XGR set
>there
>on the shelf, for R140, and it's full name is something like an XGR 6 in 1
>wireless headset including FM radio, microphone support, etc.
>
>Like said, primary thing is it will let me avoid using normal headphones
>with
>a lead, but would also let you, for example, listen to an audio
>book/podcast
>from a little bit of distance away from the output source if you wanted to,
>or could be used as a sort of spy device to listen to something happening
>next door whithout being physically present - sit in on meetings, whithout
>being present...<smile>
>
>Stay well
>
>Jacob Kruger
>Blind Biker
>Skype: BlindZA
>'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>
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