Thanks for this detailed information, |John. I've just ordered one from Ebay on your recommendation.
Annabell.-----Original Message----- From: John Wilson
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:09 PM To: Access UK Subject: [access-uk] An excellent little talking travel alarm clock Hello All, I thought I'd let you know about this alarm clock I just bought from Ebay for only £2.99 plus £1.00 postage. It's called a Reflex Talking Alarm Clock and seems to have the same (or similar) speech chip in it to the RNIB talking alarm clock which costs £8.99. It is significantly smaller than the RNIB clock, being only about 3.5 by 2.5 by 0.75 inches in size. It takes 2 AAA batteries and runs happily on rechargeables. It has a reasonable sized display and lettering. It has a cover over the buttons and screen which slides to one side to reveal them and let a small stand spring out from the back, which is to prop it up at an angle, if you wish this. The batteries are easy to install and simply go under a sliding compartment at one end. It has four easy to feel oblong buttons along the bottom where the display is. The left-most button is the mode button and beeps once when you are in set clock mode, twice when in set alarm mode and three times when back to standard talk mode. When in these modes, the second and third buttons act as hour and minute advancing buttons. When in standard talk mode, you use the second button to choose from three different alarm sounds - one coocoo and two of them musical tunes - and to turn it to off. The third button then acts as a turn on or off the hourly report feature. The last, right-most button is the play button to hear the current time. If you hold this button down for a few seconds, it will say the time and then tell you which alarm sound is selected. After you have set either the clock or alarm times, the unit automatically goes back to standard talk mode without you having to do this. The clock, when closed up, is easily small enough to fit into a jacket or trousers pocket, for those who do not like wearing wrist watches. All in all, for the price, this is an excellent little clock. John. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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