New watch: for the blind!

[Deleted member 651465]

http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/05/29/the-sexiest-watch-youll-never-see/

I know there are many watch lovers on OcUK, so what say you?!

 

[Tom0]

"The sexiest watch you’ll never see.."

Tongue in cheek or horribly unthought through title?

Edit: I like it.

 

[Cosmic182]

i cant see it....

 

[me227]

Why not just a watch that is one big button that says the time?

 

[marl]

Wonder what it will cost! There are already loads of talking, large face and tactile watches available.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Why not just a watch that is one big button that says the time?

Would you want a wristwatch that shouted out "FIVE PAST 3" on the bus?

 

[BigglesPiP]

Surely brail would be better?

 

[Ben M]

Surely brail would be better?

 

[jas72]

Why not just a watch that is one big button that says the time?

that exists already.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Surely brail would be better?

It works on the same principle.. it mechanically raises the segments by 1mm each, effectively making it an always-changing brail-face.

 

[Ben M]

It works on the same principle.. it mechanically raises the segments by 1mm each, effectively making it an always-changing brail-face.

Except it's in the shape of numbers, instead of brail, so really it's a gimmic, and not a tool for the blind.

 

[NeedleGunner]

Would you want a wristwatch that shouted out "FIVE PAST 3" on the bus?

If your blind it might be helpful My dad is partially sighted and he'd be lost without his watch, probably wouldn't even catch the bus

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Except it's in the shape of numbers, instead of brail, so really it's a gimmic, and not a tool for the blind.

Really? Where does it say that? I assumed it would give a brail version of the numbers.

If your blind it might be helpful My dad is partially sighted and he'd be lost without his watch, probably wouldn't even catch the bus

Yes, not saying it wouldn't work.. but it might attract unwanted attention from yobs; or even some people would rather have something they can feel, It's a personal choice I would imagine.

 

[Ben M]

Really? Where does it say that? I assumed it would give a brail version of the numbers.

"The face of Sentio exhibits a pair of 7-segment displays that would normally be found on digital alarm clocks, watches or any other digital numerical display"

Does that not suggest to you that it's just like on a digital clockface? with an 8 with each segment being lit or not depending on the number to be displayed.

 

[[TR]SweetSpotOz]

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[int]

It has the normal digital "8", but instead of the segments lighting up, they rise up.

e: Too late

 

[NeoNemesis]

Really? Where does it say that? I assumed it would give a brail version of the numbers.

It raises the numbers in the ol'

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Format.

Not braille

/edit: Woohoo! I did it!

 

[sniffy]

Very cool