Hi Lenny Well we do not have these things out here yet but it seems they need a little fine tuning to work properly. Most people want them to work straight up and if they find it is all to hard will not bother. How are you going with your Talking surf Board Remote. The Talking Clock which responds to your voice sounds like a cool idea also. There is a demo of it there also it plays well with Media Player. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Little mor on Smart Strips
> Ray, all I did was a search for smart strip and went to a few sites to > find that they no longer carry it. I then saw a link to Amazon and went > there. Under the product was a link for user reviews. The average was 4.2 > out of 5. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Boyce > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Little mor on Smart Strips > > > Hi Dan > I asked at my first post is anyone using these smart strips, Lenny has > done > some more research and found that some companies no longer carry them. > > Does this mean that they are more trouble that they are worth or have > problems for consumers. > Lenny how about digging out that report you come across so we can read it > and make up our own minds on their suitability. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:31 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Little mor on Smart Strips > >> So, I was thinking about these smart strips a little more. For me, one >> problem would be that I still use an external speech synth. The synth has >> a battery, on the Dec Express it is internal, on the MiniTransport it is >> easily removable. But, on the Dec Express, when the power is turned off >> at the powerstrip, the Dec continues to operate on the battery, so you >> would still have to turn it off separately from the computer. >> >> Secondly, rather than having a smart strip, could you simply have an >> outlet that is controlled by the light switch in the room, plug your >> regular stupid strip into that socket, then when you leave the room, and >> being a nice green person, you would of course, shut off the light, then >> the power to that outlet would be killed and all peripherals would die >> quietly. Wouldn't this achieve the same goal? >> >> -- >> Blue skies. >> Dan Rossi >> Carnegie Mellon University. >> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1233 - Release Date: 1/19/2008 > 6:37 PM > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1233 - Release Date: 1/19/2008 6:37 PM
