[real-eyes] Re: good old pen friend
- From: Steven Clark <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:44:59 -0600
We have one and don't use it as much as we did in the past. It comes
with a sheet of stickers that have an optical code on them. You place
one of the small stickers on an item, hold down a button on the pen
friend and record in your voice what the item is.
To identify something once its recorded, turn on the pen friend, move it
over the sticker and you'll hear in your voice what the recording is for
that sticker.
Extra sheets of the ID stickers can be purchased from just about any
company that sells the pen friend. Its just a little bigger than one of
those big kindergarten pencils and works great as long as you have
someone to help you identify what things are so you can make a recording
on the pen friend.
Steve
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On 12/3/2011 9:27 AM, V Nork wrote:
> How super this new option for helping identify things sounds! Thanks, I am
> tempted to buy one right away, but frugality will lead me to do some
> research, and also to ask: Does anyone out there in the list have first
> hand knowledge of this product? If not, I will give it a try anyway, after
> checking the return policy, and get back to you guys with my verdict on
> this. Thanks again, Ginny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of G.E.
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:25 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: good old pen friend
>
> I have bought the Pen Friends for clients.
> I don't like the buttons, as they are hard and rather pointy and are
> uncomfortable to press.
> The battery cover is cheap and breaks easily.
> I think that if you have an iPhone or iPad, a better option you can get is
> called Digit Eyes for 20 to 30 dollars and print your own barcodes to stick
> onto items and it will cost you much less.
> The Digit Eyes app has a page for users to download barcodes to be printed
> onto labels, like mailing labels, and you can assign them to whatever you
> want like Pen Friend.
> Pen Friend does not use barcodes, but something that is on the sticker and
> you can identify a sticker with something, and then cut the sticker into
> quarters and put all 4 pieces onto the same products, for example, if you
> have 4 cans of the same soup, you would lable a Pen Friend sticker, and
> quarter it, and put it onto 4 different recipe cards, and rubber-band them
> to the soup cans.
> There is a competitor product to Pen Friend, and I think it costs a little
> more, but may be much better.
> Here's the info on that other product...
> Glenn
> From: "VisionCue e-news"<e-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 8:26 AM
> Subject: New Touch Memo Press Release (assistive technology)
>
>
>> Press Release
>>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>> Contact:
>> VisionCue
>> Leanne Hartman
>> (503) 297-1510, x116
>> pr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> VisionCue Introduces Touch Memo
>> New digital voice labeler expands VisionCue's line-up of portable and
>> affordable tools for the visually impaired
>>
>> PORTLAND, Oregon May 4, 2011 VisionCue today announced that it has been
>> appointed as the exclusive distributor of the new Touch Memo, a digital
>> voice labeler for the blind and visually impaired, in the U.S. and Canada.
>> Touch Memo is described as a "Daily Living Product" by VisionCue because
>> of its numerous applications in the home and workplace.
>>
>> The Touch Memo allows users to record personal descriptions of items such
>> as groceries, cosmetics, medicines, files, keys, books, CDs, tools, and
>> other important items for later playback. Lightweight and ergonomic, the
>> Touch Memo is used together with specialty labels that are placed on
>> objects. The labels have a unique identification that the Touch Memo uses
>> to reference a vocal "tag" associated with that object. For instance, a
>> user may place a label on a pill bottle and records the vocal tag,
>> "Vitamin C, take 2 pills a day." Later, to play back that vocal tag, just
>> "touch" the label with the Touch Memo to hear the prerecorded "memo".
>>
>> "We've been very pleased with the response we have already received from
>> customers. As soon as they pick up the Touch Memo for the first time,
>> they think of dozens of ways this product can help them at home or work,"
>> said Larry Lake, president of VisionCue.
>>
>> The digital labeler is easy to use with only three operating buttons to
>> learn. Special "tactile" labels help users quickly find the label for
>> reading with the Touch Memo sensor. "Washable" labels are designed for
>> clothing. All recorded labels may be backed up on a computer using the
>> USB cable provided. Although a computer is not necessary to use the Touch
>> Memo.
>>
>> "VisionCue is an ideal partner for us because it is well-respected in the
>> U.S. and Canada for selling and servicing products to our customer base",
>> said Seiji Yamaguchi, President, Times Corporation. Times Corporation,
>> based in Hyogo, Japan, is the worldwide distributor of Touch Memo and
>> other assistive technology products.
>> "With their expertise in introducing aids and tools for the
>> visually-impaired coupled with our innovative, high quality products, we
>> look forward to a very strong and long-lasting relationship."
>>
>> Touch Memo features include:
>>
>> Rechargeable Battery with 6 hours of operating time;
>>
>> 2 GB internal flash memory;
>>
>> Lightweight and easy to hold at only 1.3 ounces;
>>
>> Fully adjustable volume control;
>>
>> 120 re-recordable tactile adhesive labels and 40 non-tactile labels;
>>
>> 60 washable labels and 24 plastic tags for reusing adhesive labels;
>>
>> Accessories include AC charger, USB cable, lanyard, and printed and CD
>> manual.
>>
>> Audible power on/off tones and LED on light.
>>
>> Product pricing and availability
>> VisionCue previewed the Touch Memo at the CSUN conference in San Diego,
>> California in March 2011, with a list price of $179 and is now available
>> for immediate shipping. Volume pricing is also available.?@
>>
>> About VisionCue
>> VisionCue LLC was founded in 2004 in Portland, Oregon to offer
>> premium-brand assistive technology products for the blind and visually
>> impaired through a network of highly skilled resellers and product
>> specialists. VisionCue is the exclusive distributor of ALVA Braille
>> displays in North America and northwest regional distributor of Optelec
>> video magnification devices. In addition, VisionCue carries a variety of
>> technology products for the blind and visually impaired from LVI, Nuance
>> and Dolphin. VisionCue also customizes systems and provides service on a
>> wide variety of AT products at its Portland facility.
>>
>>
>> VisionCue can be reached toll-free at 888-318-2582 or at
>> AT.Info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> ###
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "V Nork"<ginisd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:<real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 8:51 AM
> Subject: [real-eyes] good old pen friend
>
>
> Does anyone have any experience or advice on this venerable way of
> identifying things? Any cost effectiveness advice? Where to buy? Grateful
> for any help, Ginny
>
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