I believe the talking tape measure is in the Maxi Aids catalog or the Independent Living Aids catalog. I ordered it from one of those about five years ago, but can't remember which one. Matthew
On 9/20/19, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Doing a Google search did give me this: > Talking Tape Measure by Cobalt – horizons for the > Blind<https://www.horizons-blind.org/product/talking-tape-measure-by-cobolt/> > > You can of course contact Cobalt directly in > England<https://www.cobolt.co.uk/products/index/talking-tape-measure>, > they’ll ship to you as far as I know and without the 9 Volt battery it costs > 52.95 British Pounds which converts approx. to > $66 to > $68, maybe $70 max. if your credit card charges a bit of a higher exchange > rate On this Horizons for the Blind > Website it’s $105 US and I have a feeling it will cost less than $35 US to > ship it from England. > I actually was planning to get one shipped, I have 1 which doesn’t work any > more and my second one is getting a bit beat up and I believe if you send > them back they’ll fix them up or replace them. Here in Canada the CNIB sells > them and I find it interesting how a governmental agency puts such a huge > mark-up on stuff, they want $169.95 Canadian for it and it actually shows > it’s out of stock and they don’t know when they get more. 52.95 British > Pounds converts to approx. 88 Canadian Dollars so their price is almost > double. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 9:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: accessible measuring app? > > Hi Sieghard, > Do you know of a North American distributer for the Cobolt Talking Tape? > > Thanks, > Richard > > Richard > > 🖖 Live long and prosper > > > Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com/> > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 8:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: accessible measuring app? > > I have been doing woodworking for 20 years and I absolutely agree that a > Click Rule or talking tape measure are absolutely essential if you want to > do stuff with any degree of accuracy. > There is also the Rotomatic (not sure if I spell this correctly), it is > somewhat the same concept as a Click Rule, but I believe instead of pulling > out a threaded rod which then makes a click every sixteenth of an inch the > Rotomatic works by the user turning a stop along a threaded rod and it can > give you accuracy down to a 1/64 of an inch whereas the imperial click rule > is accurate to 1/16 of an inch and the metric click rule is accurate to 1mm > which is better than a sixteenth, but not quite as good a 1/32. > Having said this, 1/16 is adequate in a lot of situations and 1mm is of > course even better. > The Cobalt talking tape measure if set to imperial is also accurate to 1/16 > and if set to metric it is 1mm. I like the fact that you can include the > length of the housing in your measurement if, for example, you want to > measure the inside of a cabinet or drawer, you can also measure something > and push a button to add that measurement to memory, then measure the next > item and add it and so on and in the end push a button to get a total. This > can be handy if you do things like baseboard trim, they usually come in 16 > foot length so I could go and measure several walls and add up each > measurement until I get close to 16 feet and this way I can minimize waste. > The Cobalt can also be set to read out in inches, feet and inches, e.g. 25 > inches or 2 feet 1 inches, on the metric side you can do metres, centimetres > or millimeters, e.g. 1 metre and 10 centimetres can also be read as 110 > centimetres or 1,010 millimetres. I assume that Tape King can maybe do the > same, but I don’t know. Max, could you contact me off-list as I’d love to > learn more about Tape King. > I have both a couple of Cobalt tape measures, I have I think 4 imperial > click rules and 1 metric because when I am really working on a larger > project I often will use 2 or 3 at the same time, e.g. if I want to measure > how far away from the edge of a sheet of plywood the rail of my track saw is > especially if I am cutting along the 8 foot length of the plywood, it is > much better to have a click rule on each end than to run around with a > single one. > There is absolutely no way an app is going to be accurate enough for any > sort of good woodworking and I highly doubt you would see a single > professional and sighted woodworker use an app like the Measure app over a > tape measure even though they could probably use it with much better > precision in terms of lining up start and end point. The fact is that if you > want to do any sort of woodworking it will be an expensive hobby. > Lastly, don’t forget the usefulness of setup blocks/bars like these: > 15 piece setup bar > set<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipsfly.com%2Fproduct%2F12-235.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C38b6963939714eaa288808d73de129c0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637045909581367476&sdata=%2Bw4BAlHp%2Bz5l06G376xOTQrvEx29%2BB%2FujyLoZS5oHWc%3D&reserved=0> > This 15-piece set is one of the most complete and best I have found, I also > have a couple of smaller 5 or 6 piece ones which you can get in metric or > imperial and if I know I want to rip a 2 inch strip off something on my > table saw or I want to set the height on my router bit to half an inch than > using the appropriate setup bar is way easier than trying to set the table > saw fence with the click rule. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > Robert Wright > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:39 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: accessible measuring app? > > Unfortunately, this address is no longer valid. > > ******If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the > learning start?*** > > From: 'RobH.' via VIPhone<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:16 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: accessible measuring app? > > Fascinating, hate to think of the possible price. > > robH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Turner" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:44 AM > Subject: Re: accessible measuring app? > > > The below came from the Vision Aware site of AFB. > The Click Rule > > The Click Rule is a metal tubular device slightly longer than 7 1/2 inches. > A 7-inch threaded rod is inserted into the tube. A > knurled locking knob is screwed into the top of the threaded rod through a > long slot that has been machined into the tube. > > [closeup of someone using the Click Rule to measure a board] > > The Click Rule > > As the threaded rod is extended into and out of the tube, a clicking sound > can be heard at 1/16-inch intervals. The threaded rod has > raised threads every 1/2 inch. > > The metal tube has two flat rectangular stops or fences mounted on it. One > stop or fence is located precisely at the open end of the > tube and the raised thread rod protrudes through it. The other stop or fence > is positioned exactly six inches along the tube from > the stop at the open end of the tube. > > The Click Rule comes with three 12-inch extension rods that screw into the > end of the Click Rule raised thread rod and into each > other, enabling accurate measurements at 1/16-inch intervals, from zero to > four feet. Additional extension rods can enable > measurements beyond four feet. > > [The Click Rule with a one-foot extension rod in place] > > Click Rule with a one-foot extension rod > > The Click Rule can be purchased from the National Federation of the Blind > Online > Store<http://secure.nfb.org/ecommerce/asp/default.asp> and from Community > Advocates Inc., P.O. Box 83304, Lincoln, NE 68501-3304; > 402-486-3091<tel:402-486-3091>. > > > > Richard > > Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. > > > On Sep 19, 2019, at 4:57 PM, David Andrews > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The NFB used to sell them -- don't know if they still do. > > Dave > > At 06:25 PM 9/19/2019, you wrote: > Max, > > I haven't been able to find anywhere I can purchase a click ruler. > I have a 25ft "braille" steel tape, but it only has markings every 6 > inches which is not really accurate enough for my work, and I haven't > found any sources for something more accurate. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please > contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list > itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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