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Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ruby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking thermostats >I am curious about this and I know there is about 4 or 5 of them on the > market. I have forced air and central air so I am in need of something > like > this I believe my thermostat has a 4 wire hookup. I am interested in > others > that have purchased this or other talking models. I have had the one from Talking Thermostats.com for nearly a year. We like it well, it has been telling me that I need to change my filter and have my furnace serviced for some time now and I haven't got around to figuring out how to stop that message but that only happens when I ask to hear the temperature or status. > > 1. durability Appears to be fine, only had it about nine months though. > 2. accurate Seems to be accurate. > 3. clear voice and hopefully nice on the ears as some are tinny or just > irritating The speaker is pretty small so only so good but it is clear. > 4. easy to use We don't seem to have much trouble using it except that I am pretty stupid about remembering what buttons do what. With all the different remote controls and other devices around here I find my aging brain just doesn't keep all that straight. > 5. functionality and expandable / programmable There are two sets of programming available, week-day and week-end and within eack of those there are four programmes so you can turn the temperature up, down then up and down again in each cycle or the other way around. > 6 other things I forgot. The device can be removed from the wall to be programmed from the comfort of an easy chair. > > Thanks for your input/thoughts. You are welcome. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Geoff Eden > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:22 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] talking thermostats > > I just bought the Calvin talking thermostat, and apart from learning my > way > through the four daily programs, I find it's excellent value for $149 US > it > is a full-featured thermostat and has the added advantage of being able to > receive "raise or lower" temperature commands by voice. It comes with a > CD > that is full of well constructed audio instructions. I picked it up from > independent living aids and apart from the costs I had to incur getting it > over the border, I'm very pleased. > > Geoff > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/405 - Release Date: 1/08/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! 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