Hello,
You could try the Voice Diary. I have heard its pretty good but you have to
charge the battery each night. You can find it at several different places.
here is the information about it
VOICE DIARY Features
- Simple to learn and operate, visual ability or read/write coordination is
not necessary.
- Small, pocket-sized, hand-held for operation.
- A single key stroke invokes each device.
- Voice prompts for every key stroke.
- Voice recognition of names for telephone number retrieval.
- Tone dialing option for telephone number output.
- 30 - 45 minutes of recording time.
- Direct access to every calendar entry.
- Recurring events with varied frequency are easily recorded.
- Alarm and reminder settings for calendar entries.
- Sequential search capability through all five applications.
- Language independence.
- Adjustable volume and prompt speed.
- Fully digital; no moving parts.
- Non-volatile flash memory prevents data loss.
- Automatic shut-off.
- Integral rechargeable battery-pack.
- Alert on low power and limited recording space.
- Connectivity to PC by serial communication for backups and software
upgrades.
PVA-2000/2MB
Voice Diary, with 30-45 minutes of recording time. Including carrying case,
communication kit, charger, batteries, user manual,
tutorial cassette, and quick reference card.
$299
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PVA-2000/1MB
Voice Diary, with 10-15 minutes of recording time. Including charger,
batteries, user manual, tutorial cassette,and quick
reference Card.
$199
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PLH100
Carrying case
$9.75
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CRS232
Communication kit
$14.25
0
H45ADT-4
Charger
$6.75
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EM615
Earphones
$8.25
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BME300
NIMEH Battery Pack
$11.25
0
H45ADT-x
Charger
$4.5
0
Shipping and Handling
$13.95
Total:
You can also buy it from places like Maxi aids, Fergusson Enterprises and
probley allot more.
Now we have the Parrot Plus. I have several friends and associates who have
this one too. They like it very much and they say the fact that you have to
buy batteries and that they last longer than the Voice Diary is the big
plus. You can also purchase the Parrot Plus at Maxi Aids, Fergusson
Enterprises, and several other places.
Parrot Plus features
Parrot Plus is the latest generation of our voice recognition organizer that
offers optional accessibility features. It weights
5.3 ounces and is 0.7 inch thick. It holds into a pocket. Four standard
disposable AAA cells will power it for months under
normal operation.
Parrot Plus performs five functions:
Voice recognition telephone directory with speed dialer
Voice pad for digitally recording notes
Voice meeting planner with pager option
Talking alarm clock
Talking calculator
Parrot Plus has a side click button, a function selector button on the
front, a microphone on the upper right and a loudspeaker.
It has a cover that conceals a keypad for entering numbers and editing
stored information. Digit keys are arranged similarly
to those of a telephone keypad, with a marker on the five key. There are
four additional large edition keys to CUT, MODIFY
and to answer YES or NO. When editing information, cover open, Parrot Plus
will always speak questions if you decide so.
You always hear at what stage of any given process you are.
Messages are currently delivered in English, French, Spanish, German,
Italian and Chinese. Parrot Plus will however work with
any language or voice pattern and doesn't require learning any word nor
vocal signature. Just take it out of its box; insert
the cells, click once and it works.
Parrot Plus has no ON / OFF switch. It is always in standby mode. The
function is selected using the front function selector
button and Parrot Plus will speak the functions as they are being selected.
There are audiotapes and instructions in Braille available that cover all
aspects of the Parrot Plus operation.
V3 version update (January 99): Parrot Plus V3 is a specific version for
visually impaired users. It has even more robust
accessibility features that are set ON as default mode when you start it the
first time. It provides English messages only,
and still works in any language. Control Panel options are all spoken.
Percentage of free memory is spoken when double clicking
on the Control Panel.
Voice Recognition Telephone Directory
The function selected by default is the telephone directory. To call someone
you just have to take the Parrot Plus out of
your pocket and speak the name while holding the click button pressed.
Parrot Plus instantly finds the phone number and speaks
back the name as you recorded it, so you know it found the accurate one. If
you pick up the phone and double click against
the handset, Parrot Plus will send the tones for you so you won't even have
to dial the number.
If you are dialing from an older telephone system that does not support
touch-tone, you can still have Parrot Plus dictate
the numbers to you.
Parrot Plus has very powerful voice recognition. It will find the right
number out of thousands provided you speak the names
as you recorded them in the first place, and that you speak clearly and
close to the microphone. Applying these rules, it
is very common to have users with hundreds of entries in their phonebook and
still getting close to 100% successful retrieval
rates.
To make a new entry in the telephone directory, just speak a name Parrot
Plus doesn't know yet. Parrot Plus will tell you
the name is unknown. Open the cover and Parrot Plus asks you if you want
that name memorized. Type yes and enter the phone
number when prompted so. That's it.
There's enough memory in Parrot Plus to store over 300 names in the
telephone directory.
There are many optional advanced features that you may use. You can enter up
to 6 numbers per each name, enter a spoken address
field, or use a PIN that will secure your entries. If you travel across the
country or the world, you may use the Parrot
Plus dialing assistance that will make sure the numbers in your telephone
book remain accurate from were you call.
V3 version update (January 99): no changes to Telephone Directory.
Voice Pad
Parrot Plus allows you to record messages on the spot. To do so, just take
Parrot Plus out of your pocket, press once on the
function selector and start speaking while holding the click button pressed.
You can choose from two voice compression options. Normal voice quality will
allow you to record up to over thirteen minutes
of speech. High voice quality will allow for over six minutes of high
digital quality recording and is not usually required
under normal circumstances.
Voice memos are stored by date of entry. To play back the last one recorded,
just select the function with the function selector
and double-click. To listen to earlier memos, open the cover and scroll
through them using the forward or back keys.
Edition keys allow easy deletion or modification of a memo. Parrot Plus will
speak instructions and ask for confirmation when
you press the CUT key.
Volume can be set from the control panel.
V3 version update (January 99): no changes to Voice Pad.
Voice Meeting Planner
The planner lets you set a time tag to a message you record. That time can
be a schedule for an appointment or an alarm setting
for things you need to be reminded of at a specific moment.
To enter an appointment, select the function and speak the subject, the
persons' names you meet with, the location or whatever
you want. Open the cover and use the keys to enter the schedule. Parrot Plus
will speak all instructions. You will always
have the option to be paged for any appointment. In this case, an alarm will
go off upon schedule and double clicking will
speak the recorded message. Parrot Plus will also speak the schedule.
You can easily modify the schedule or the message of any appointment. Parrot
Plus speaks the instructions to you. Appointments
are sorted chronologically by schedule. Scrolling through the planner will
speak the messages and schedules.
All planner settings are done from the control panel. This includes time
formats, volume, use of keywords to retrieve appointments,
and more.
V3 version update (January 99): Digits are spoken as they are typed in.
Talking Alarm Clock
Parrot Plus has an alarm function that speaks the time and date. Select the
function with the function selector and double
click to get the time. To set the alarm or the time, open the cover and
follow the spoken instructions. To stop the alarm,
just click when it plays.
V3 version update (January 99): Setting the time, digits are spoken as they
are typed in. The function menu is spoken when
selected.
Talking Calculator
Parrot Plus has a basic calculator function that uses the keypad digits and
the edition keys for performing operations. You
can hear results by double clicking.
Parrot Plus Organizers
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[$199] Parrot Plus - multi-lingual main version
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[$199] Parrot Plus V3 - for visually impaired users
Parrot Plus Accessories
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[$82] PP Connection Kit
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[$26] PP Leather Case
[Free] PP Braille Manual
[Free] PP Audio K7 Manual
Hope this helps, & have fun deciding.
Scott
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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 6:43 PM
Subject: Electronic Organizers
>
>
> Hello everyone, sorry for the cross-post but I am in need of your
> assistance.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the Voice Mate or any other
> electronic organizer, or any other means of organizing appointments,
> scheduling, to-do lists, rolodexes, and other such things? Presently my
job
> requires me to track problems, phone calls, appointments, meetings, etc.
> The stack of Braille papers on my desk and my pc based contact manager are
> just not working for me. I find that I end up trying to mentally remember
> all the things I need to do and trying to prioritize them because I spend
so
> much time on the phone taking incoming calls as I'm required to do to meet
> my call quota.
>
> I do have a Braille'N Speak 2000 but after using it for several months
> I've discovered it's a wonderful note taker and timer but I need more then
> it can provide. I need to set alarms for reminders and appointments, I
need
> something that is intuitive and that can easily find, store, and delete
> these messages. It would also help if I could hook my pc to it for
> scheduling as my sighted friend does with his Palm Pilot.
>
> If anyone has any thoughts on this, either technical solutions, or low
> tech solutions to this problem, I would appreciate your comments. I've
> tried Outlook Express and Goldmine software, but in addition to the pc
based
> information manager, I need something I can bring with me at all times to
> function as a planner. The Braille desk calendar I used for a time solves
> part of the problem, but I always ran out of room with the things I had to
> do and of course there was no alarm function with this.<smile>
>
> The Voice Mate has a pc link, maybe this would provide what I'm
looking
> for.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> =Beth=
>
> = Beth Hatch-Alleyne=
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