Lynne, i must admit I have never heard of these either. You can get white canes with the roller ball which you use as described earlier without tapping, but they don't talk.
Something Gordon might be interested in for his hearing aids though is the new Compilot from Phonak. It basically combines a remote control and improved iCom all into one, and even has voice prompt support and voice dialling and caller ID etc and also has improved battery life. This would replace his iCom, oh and you can plug a FM receiver into it too. Chris On 10 Jan 2012, at 16:43, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Gordon, my other half, is shortly going to be starting a refresher course in > casework with a mobility instructor. We were talking with our social worker > yesterday, she's arranging this. But the point I'm making is that she was > speaking about a talking ball-cane. > > I've seen people walking around town with these things, and instead of > tapping the cane on the ground as you used to have to do, from what I've seen > you just role the ball across the ground in front of you as you walk and the > cane seems to tell you whether an obstacle or a curb is imminent in your > walk-path. > > Does anybody know anything about these things please? I'm curious as to how > the cane gets its spoken information to the user; surely not through the cane > itself or els how would you hear it in heavy traffic, etc.? > > Gordon is apparently going to be given one of these things so I would be > grateful for any information. > > Lynne > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
