I bought this one a while ago, link follows. Its stilish, talks and does what i need it to do. its not tacky either, £20 including delivery!
http://www.worthydeal.co.uk/engine/shop/product/CV_CVPA-OG08/Handheld+Talking+Compass all the best, Mo. On 16/07/2012 00:49, Angel wrote:
I don't know, for the life of me, why designers for blind products
think we blind have no sense of style. It seems they deliberately
take double advantage of us. As they know we are a small market,
wanting access, as would anyone. So they feel as we haven't a choice
they can get away with selling to us ugly products. If they thought
of us as they think of themselves, they would realize if they wouldn't
want to be seen with an ugly piece of equipment, neither would we.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* ANDY COLLINS <mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:41 PM
*Subject:* [access-uk] Cobolt compass, beware
Hi all -
Another waste of dosh! I think I paid about £35 for this, and it's
a load of rubbish. My experience with
it, found it to be both inaccurate and unpredictable.
Like many things produce for blind people, it is also very ugly,
and cheap looking/feeling.
I'm not just banging the old drum of complaint against equipment
produced for the blind. In fact, it saddens me to find yet again
the same experience, of over-priced [but I do understand the niche
market equals fewer sales argument] ugly build, hardly fit for
purpose, assistive equipment.
I always try to buy where I can, mainstream equipment, and
figure out how to get the best from it, but sometimes, mainstream
can be too non-accessible, and I am forced to go to the so-called
specialists. It truly gives me no pleasure in bringing to the
attention of the list this poor piece of specialist equipment, but
I think we need to keep shouting for equality in product
performance, reliability, and aesthetic appeal. I don't want big
clunky stuff in my pockets, or around my house, just because it
can talk, or give me some other kind of additional feedback. As I
have said before on this list, the PTR1 was the most over-priced,
mal-functioning, hugely ugly piece of junk, I've ever wasted 600
quid on. Sadly, I've wasted 35 on a useless compass, that thinks
North is wherever it fancies, on any given day -
Andy
