what causes, or makes the vibrations? Does it set with the crown as a standard analog watch/ How does one set the alarm? What is the model name? Thanks
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Dale Leavens wrote: > The hands are what I suppose you could call virtual, they seem to exist under > the crystal. they sort of dissolve and reform as the modes change but they > have no real meaning to the blind. You just feel these vibrating points as > your fingers pass over the position of the hands along the edge of the > crystal just inside the position of the number markers on the rim around the > edges of the crystal also known as the bezel. When sighted people look at the > watch they see hands through the crystal. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:22 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tissot silen-t > > > so does it have traditional hands? How much and where is it purchased? > Barry mentioned telling it via vibration, and that it had a vibration > alarm?? > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Dan Rossi wrote: > > > Lenny, > > > > Yes, the dots and dashes on the bezel of the watch are very tactual. > > Unless you have a pretty pour sense of touch, you should be able to > > identify the locations of the dots and dashes. > > > > You actually run your finger around on the crystal just inside of the dots > > and dashes on the bezel, but the reality is that you are touching both > > simultaneously. > > > > -- > > 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. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1516 - Release Date: 6/24/2008 > 7:53 AM > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
