Hi Ian
Let me have your email address and I’ll send it across to you. Will have to ask
about the covers for the watch. Cheers! Graham
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Sent: 30 June 2020 11:48
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Further Dot Watch question
Thanks Graham, perhaps you could bung the spreadsheet over and I could have my
local jeweller take a look over it. When I owned a Tissot tactile model which
proved notoriously difficult and expensive for battery replacement, he achieved
this perfectly straightforwardly and at no great cost to me. While writing, can
I ask about the plastic cover for the face? Is there a recommendation as to how
often this should be changed? and how much do replacements cost? Please note
that I was given the watch by the previous UK distributor for review and
testing purposes and when I approached the Korean developers about an upgrade
they said that under those circumstances the watch was not covered by the terms
of their warrantee. Visionaid then provided me with a replacement upgraded
unit.
On 30 Jun 2020, at 09:56, <gplongly@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gplongly@xxxxxxxxx> >
<gplongly@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gplongly@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Hi Ian
Believe it or not I’ve only just got a response on this one from the
manufacturers who have sent me a spreadsheet on how to change the battery which
I can send you if you would like as know the list doesn’t accept attachments.
We could change the battery if you send the watch to us but I am still not sure
if this could be done by a standard jeweller. It wouldn’t have to go back to
Korea though. Cheers! Graham
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Sent: 01 June 2020 20:47
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Further Dot Watch question
I’d agree with Steve here, the Braille dot issue is a much more serious one.
And that’s not only in the area of notifications. If the dot 4 in the second
cell fails to render when it is 1428 and the dot 2 in the second cell also
fails to show, then suddenly you are presented with a time displaying 1525
instead of 1428. It’s a real shame because I believe, as I know Jackie does
that the idea is hugely attractive to Braille users. It’s the execution which
lets it down. I still use the one I have quite regularly as a substitute for my
Apple watch but I would never try to read notifications on it especially when I
could get them more quickly and efficiently from my iPhone which supplies them
to the Dot. While writing, I wonder whether Graham would mind answering a
question about battery replacement. Would the watch have to go back to the
manufacturer for this or could the UK distributor do it? Or even better, could
I take it into my friendly neighbourhood and extremely competent jeweller and
have him do it?
On 1 Jun 2020, at 17:00, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Hi,
For me, it was a deal breaker. The other thing I found was that sometimes dots
wouldn’t come up properly, so a P Dots 1-2-3-4, could be an M, Dots 1-3-4, and
when you’re reading notifications, that’s not funny.
All the best
Stve
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Sent: 01 June 2020 16:19
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Subject: [access-uk] Further Dot Watch question
With thanks to Jackie for her review, I have one question for everyone who has
tried the Dot Watch. The most serious criticism of it is that you need to
touch then lift, touch then lift to read the cells. Apparently, if you leave
your finger on the cell too long, it will not refresh properly or not at all.
Is this something one can get used to, or is it a deal breaker?
Cheers
Barry
