[access-uk] Re: Sherlock Talking Label Identifier
- From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:59:47 -0000
Hi Jackie
I did buy a Voila second-hand, and did manage to crack scanning the labels
in time, but I found the labels rather fiddly and haven't used it much. I
do so agree with you about braille. It is far quicker for everything you
need to access in a hurry.
I use old RNIB calendar sheets cut in half and braille on the other side,
then attach them to tins with an elastic band. In this way you can use the
labels many times. Just take them off the tins as you use them, and put
them on another tin when you buy the same product again.
I use the RNIB narrow self-adhesive labels to put on CD's and other things.
I suppose talking labelling systems are ok for people who can't use braille,
but they are rather expensive. I gather that the Voila can run out of
recording time, so if you record too many labels it won't work. I wonder
whether Sherlock will have the same problem.
Wendy
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: 11 December 2007 14:43
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sherlock Talking Label Identifier
Hi Carol
The labels are easily scanned once recorded. The non-adhesive ones are like
small discs that have a hole in them where you could attach string or a tie.
I would have preferred to see a magnet on these so you could clamp them to a
tin or the freezer door. You get ten of those in a bag, and several more
self-adhesive labels that you can stick on jars etc. I haven't tried
peeling one off and re-using it yet though.
I'm not sure of the whole concept of talking identifiers yet. I didn't like
Voila because the labels were very tiny, and I never got the knack of
swiping them with the end of the unit because it kept shutting off before I
cracked it. The Sherlock is, to me, better than that, but I don't know if I
would have bought it though. I use my ever faithful Dymo gun to label CDs,
and plastic sheets that you can cut to identify larger items. I use the
Talking Tins for the obvious, and I keep documentation in a proper filing
system that I can access no bother. Just not sure anything could ever be as
quick for me to access as Braille. It's the greatest skill I probably ever
mastered as a child and still love using to this day.
Anyone else used speech identifiers and want to add something?
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Pearson <mailto:carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sherlock Talking Label Identifier
Glad to know you've got Old Sherlock going ... and you're finding it better
than the Voiler. Are the labels re-useable? Are they easily scanned once
recorded?
I'm thinking about this item and wonder how useful the labels would be, say,
on spice jars which aren't that easily labelled.
Any further comments most welcome, Jackie.
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Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie <mailto:cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> Cairns
To: Access UK Mailing List <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Sherlock Talking Label Identifier
I have now got old Sherlock going, and I have to say it isn't exactly rocket
science to work it, particularly thanks to the PDF manual Steve sent my way.
When you first pick up old Sherlock, as I've sort of named him, it feels a
bit like the Colorino detector with its speaker and two buttons on the
front. There are some non-adhesive labels you can use, and some that you
can peel off the backing and attach to an item for identification. The
speech and indications leave the Voila for dead, as do the labels
themselves, which are better to get a grip of without flying to the ground
unheard. I wish the non-adhesive labels had been magnetic so that I could
have put them on tins of beans and spaghetti etc, but it's certainly an
interesting concept for anyone wanting to identify items in this way.
Jackie
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