[access-uk] Re: Sherlock Talking Label Identifier
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:26:40 -0000
Jackie,
Thanks for your additional comments.
I am with you on this one, never having found anything quite suitable, apart
from Braille, and the Voiler just wasn't worth anything; but these days
there's so much to label that changes frequently in the kitchen that I tend to
use Talking Tins, put other items just where I can find them ... and so it goes
on!
Do you have to record the label in the machine itself, or can this be recorded
without placing the label into the handheld?
--
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:42 PM
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
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.
--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: Access UK Mailing List
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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