wow! Sounds like they went to another planet to make something so advanced. Speachless. I've read about it, but can't find any.
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Barry Levine wrote: > > The model name is the Tissot Silent T. > I don't know the model number off hand. > > The time is set by pulling out the crown and then tracing your index finger > around the bevel to the appropriate hour, then minute... Then releasing your > finger, and then pushing in the crown to actually set it. The alarm is set > in similar fashion, but you run your finger around the bevel in the counter > clockwise direction to set the alarm... I think. I haven't set the alarm > for quite some time, so someone correct me if I'm providing misinformation > on this. > > "What makes the vibration?" > I don't know. Tissot is quite proud of what it sees as a space-age > technology in the manufacture of the crystal. > > > --Barry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tissot silen-t > > 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] >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p > age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > 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 > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > >
