There pretty much is one talking tape measure around these days. It is the Cobolt Talking tape measure from www.cobolt.co.uk Several blindness sites in the states carry it as well. It's about 95 bucks plus or minus a couple of bucks. It is supposedly accurate to 1/16 of an inch, but many of us suspect it lies at times.
It takes a nine volt battery, and eats them pretty readily. When the unit starts acting like it is broken, not turning on easily, giving crazy measurements, staying out late with it's friends, drinking and smoking, it usually means it just needs a fresh battery. It will occasionally not shut the hell up, driving you to near insanity until you wack it, or yank it's little life blood power supply out. It is a pretty useful, although sometimes not as usable as you would like, tool. There was another talking tape measure out there, but it appears to be hard to come by these days. You will know if you have found that other one, if it takes double a batteries instead of 9 volts. Good luck. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
