Well,
put me down for both if the price is at all reasonable. I sure would
like a better tape measure.
Max.
Dale Leavens wrote:
> OK Tom,
>
> Why don't we attack this problem?
>
> Is the sprocket method really the most reliable means of indexing a digital
> tape measure? How about a LED and photo sensor, count the flashes.
>
> Now there must be a number of talking chips particularly with limited
> vocabulary. I have a very old Sharp calculator which has a wonderful voice
> and when it gets weak or under some other conditions it speaks all sorts of
> things the calculator never says including some interesting musical sounds.
> It has to be over 25 years old. Anyway, do we have any idea how much that
> sort of technology would cost in lots of say a hundred?
>
> I would bet there are digital tape measures out there who's manufacturer
> would sell us their components at reasonable price if for no other reason
> just the possible public relations value.
>
> There has to be a way of building talking tape measures more robustly than we
> presently have.
>
> Similarly, versatile audible levels. I was watching a chap on television
> yesterday. He was developing a scale model of a personal flying vehicle with
> something close to vertical take off and land. This is apparently a huge
> control issue however his solution was twin propellers mounted to be able to
> swing out toward the ends of the wings using the gyro effect to bring the
> nose up or down. For control he had some sort of sensor which adjusted the
> speed of each propeller according to the horizontal position of the wing. It
> was cool watching him hold the plane and swing it to one side or the other
> and hear the motors immediately change pitch. Presumably a similar sensing
> device could be easily integrated into a leveling measure.
>
> Do you think it would be practical to develop reliable equipment with
> off-the-shelf technology at reasonable cost? I understand that production
> quantities would present other cost considerations but there may be
> alternatives there too if one doesn't need to make a living from it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Fowle
> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures
>
>
>
> Eric
> We bought one at work in hopes it would do better than the Cobolt.
> the technology used to keep track of the tape seems identical in both.
> The voice is a lower quality than the cobolt but very similar.
> the function of buttons is different but not dramatically so.
>
> It uses 2 AA cells rather than the 9 volt of the cobolt.
>
> I see no reason to spend the extra money.
>
> tom Fowle
>
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:52:28AM -0500, Eric wrote:
> > Hello all. Previously there was alot of discussion on the vox talking
> tape measure and the cobalt talking tape measure. It seems most of us had the
> cobalt and was dissatisfied with it. My question is have any of you bit the
> bullet and bought one of the vox ones made by Bosh, and if so, how is it
> compared to the cobalt one? Thanks.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
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