Messagehi eadon, i also have some of these items, i really like the speech on cobolt systems products much better than the rnib. do you know any radio hams up here in the north, some of my friends are radio hams. susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Aedan O'Meara To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:30 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: cobolt systems Hi Susan, I have many gadgets from cobal including a talking 10 ft steel rule that can read in inches or mms at a press of a button: i have atalking thermomater that is very accurate for use on yourself or children. I have a talking indoor/outdoor talking thermometer for the weather. I actually hav three of these as I have one in the house and one in my radio shack and one in my holiday home. I also have a talking bathroom scales all from Cobal, which I ordered through Breda Dowlihng in NCBI. Another must-have is a talking colour detector, again very reasonably priced for what it does and apart from telling you the colour of the clothes you wear to four degrees of shade, it can also with suitabel care, read the colour of electric wires for the likes of us D I Y fanatics! I have found that most of the BT phones of any type including cordless from Argus all have built in speech that announces every function and perfectly usable by a totally blind person like me. I particularly like the beep it gives if a voice message is left. Very handy indeed. Lastly, the gadget to measure your paper money is invaluable and cheap enough. Regards to all, Aedan O'Meara. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Curry Sent: 13 June 2007 16:02 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] cobolt systems hi folk, here is the limk for cobolt systems the organisation that i get my talking timers from. http://www.cobolt.co.uk/ cobolt also do talking watches, clocks and much much more, i actually prefer there items as the speech is much clearer than those from the rnib. best wishes susan