Hi Larry I didn't realize you were that old ! That's agent lol! I enjoy the clock on my IPhone it's neet. Sincerely Fawn Scott class 81 Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:11 PM, "Larry D Keeler" <lkeeler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I still have a talking clock I baught there about a million years ago! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Bowman > To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:27 PM > Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: O.T. No more Watches > > For years, I used those talking watches from Radio Shack. > I wore them all the years I was at General Motors; h however, I have not used > a watch since I began using a smart phone about six years ago. > I first used a Windows based Black jack, with the speech program from > CodeFactory, a company in Madrid Spain. > Now, for the past three years, I use an iPhone. > I bought on, because of comments I saw folks on this list making. > I figured if Richard & Steve thought so much of them, I should give one a try. > I did that, and have not looked back. > an Iphone is like an electronic Swiss Army kknife. > Those Radio Shack watches were great in their time; however, that time is > past. > good Call Radio Shack! > DRB > >> On 8/21/2014 9:20 PM, Vickie wrote: >> Well, haven’t seen Victor put this news on this list. However, he did >> message me through Facebook. Radio Shack, who used to be the cheapest >> talking products for the blind, is no longer selling them. Both talking >> watches, and talking clocks have been eliminated from Radio shack’s >> inventory. They claim that a blind person can get this information from >> their cell phones. that is true, but only those who have the I phone or a >> smart phone, I should say really. I do use the time and alarm services from >> my cell phone. But, I also use my talking watch for time. I know I will >> definitely miss getting talking and inexpensive watches from Radio Shack. >> Vickie Rolison > > -- > Donald Bowman > 517 3940311 > donaldbowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.blindmassage.com