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Sent from my iPhone. 7+ smart phone > On Sep 26, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Here is Sieghard’s message from the other day. > I personally find the talking scales from my Weigh to work best. I should > mention that I haven't tried a connected scale yet, but my problem with them > is that each time you want to weigh something you have to get out your > iPhone, I assume you would have to use some app to work with the scale and > then hopefully the scale once setup connects without fuss and can provide a > continuous readout as you add whatever ingredient you are weighing to the > scale. > I enjoy cooking and baking and even if I say so myself I am quite good at it > having been taught by my Mom who has her Masters in home economics from > Germany back when she was young in the late 50's and early 60's. Back then > they were taught so many basics and of course while she is not a Chef, her > education included a lot of cooking and baking. Anyways, recipes from Germany > always have ingredients listed in grams which of course is much more precise > than using cups and spoons with the exception of some spices where it called > for a teaspoon of ground cumin or cloves or cinnamon in which case the > teaspoon is fine since that would only be 2 or 3 grams at best which is > difficult to weigh. > If I bake and have to weigh flour, sugar, butter and whatever other > ingredients I may need I want to be able to do so quickly and accurately and > the My Weigh talking scale I have allows me to do this. > Just as one example, we have a traditional Christmas cake in Germany called > "Stollen" which is a yeast dough with a ton of stuff in it like ground > almonds, 3 different types of raisins, fresh ginger, candied ginger, candied > orange peel, candied lemon peel, so I have to weigh all that in addition to > flour, butter, milk (I also weigh liquids), yeast and without a scale where > you can do this quickly and without fuss it would be a pain in the neck. > > I know this topic has come up before and I think it was Krister who said his > My Weigh scales always break and never work more than a few months or maybe a > year, but that is not my experience. I had my first My Weigh scale for I > think around 20 years when it did at some point not work any more. It was the > VOX-3000 and the surprising thing is that when I contacted My weigh they > offered to replace it with a new scale for only the shipping cost which I > thought was amazing. I now have had that replacement scale for probably the > last 4 or 5 years and it just works. > > I just did a quick search and here are the links and brief descriptions: > > VOX-3000: The world’s only precision talking kitchen scale. > It uses a 9 Volt battery and has a 1 gram accuracy just as the Vox-2 which I > think is a newer model although they must have updated the Vox-3000 since it > says now that it can talk in English, Spanish, fRench and German and my old > one could only speak English as far as I know. The Vox-3000 also has a round > platform and comes with a plastic bowl which has a rim around the bottom > which sits on the platform so it actually cannot just slide off if you > accidently push against it. > For some reason they don't list the capacity of the Vox-3000, but if I > remember correctly it weighs up to 3000 grams as is implied in the model > name, so 3 Kg or 6.6 pounds. > > My Weigh Vox 3000 | My Weigh | The best digital scales on earth > > > VOX-2: Multi-purpose, high-capacity talking scale. > This one weighs up to 5 Kg and you can of course set it to grams/Kg and > ounces/pounds and it is accurate to 1 gram which is 0.0353 ounces. > Both of the My Weigh scales I have had also work really well in that you can > put on any plate or bowl or container before you turn the scale on and it > will start at 0 no matter whether you have a little plastic bowl on it which > weighs an ounce or a big glass bowl which weighs 2 pounds. > There is also a button for a tare feature which allows you for example to > weigh your butter, assume you want 200 grams, then you want to add sugar > directly into the butter because normally that is what you do when you bake. > You press the tare button after you have your butter in the bowl and the > scale then resets to 0 and you can add say 100 grams of sugar which just > makes it a bit easier and saves you from using another bowl to weigh it > before pouring it into the bow with the butter. > Interestingly enough my wife says our scale is also a Vox-2, but it still > uses a 9 Volt battery and as far as I know it only speaks English whereas the > one they show on their website now can speak English, Spanish, French and > German and uses four AA batteries. It also says you can adjust the volume > which you can on mine as well, but it's simply a slider switch underneath and > it's either quite loud or just loud and a second switch is also there which > allows you to turn the speaking function off completely if a sighted person > wants to use it with the display and they don't care to hear it talk. > > My Weigh Vox-2 | My Weigh | The best digital scales on earth > > Of course you can also use this scale to weigh a letter or parcel as long as > it's not heavier than 5 Kg (approx. 11 pounds) and I for one really love > these scales. > > > > > Richard, USA. > “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought > which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > 🦅 > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 11:20 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Talking scale > > The My Weigh Vox-2 or Vox-3000, I would the newer Vox-2. > I actually just posted about this a few days ago when somebody asked about > accessible scales and kitchen/meat thermometers. Sorry, I didn't save my > message and I don't have time to search the archives for it. > In any case, it basically was just a few facts about these two scales and > links, but if you Google "My Weigh talking scales" you'll find it easily. OK, > maybe I should say I can find it easily, not sure if you can since you are > 120 years old and instead of still being wet behind the ears as young people > like me often are you are probably starting to get moldy there. > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mr. Ed > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 11:13 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Talking scale > > Does anyone know of a good talking kitchen scale? > Mr. Ed > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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