[acb-hsp] Clock with pleasant-sounding accessible alarm/timer setting

Thu Jul 21 08:26:55 EDT 2011

Thank you to all for these great ideas and I  will certainly check out one
of the catalogs. I  do use a  braille watch and have always appreciated its
silence when reading it and also get the same interested questions. In
business settings I  have been asked about it from some who wish they had a
watch they did not have to be obvious about looking at to tell the time. I
bet  there is an undiscovered market for these watches, although my college
age baby sitters joke with me that cell phones are the watch of their
generation. Ha. 

As I  think about it, the fewer devices to have to set up or rely on working
every day the better, considering the devices I  truly need to have
functioning correctly. But if I  do come across an accessible product that
allows for setting of permanent times, not always on the hour given
different length of sessions and start times, I  will let the list know.

Jennifer

From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of
J.Rayl
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:31 PM
To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] Clock with pleasantsounding
accessiblealarm/timersetting

Hi.  I use my braille watch as well, Karen.  I don't keep it open, however.
I simply open it, check the time and keep going on with the session.  After
all these years, I'm a fairly good judge of time and generally am not off by
much.  Clients rarely are anything but curious as to how I know the time,
and I just show them the braille on the watch which they can clearly see is
on my arm--same as they have one on theirs.

But still, the chimes on the clock are nice as well, especially in times
when I forget the watch.

Jessie Rayl
EM: thedogmom63 at frontier.com
PH:304.671.9780
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"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary"--Isaiah
40.31

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From: Karen Rose <mailto:rosekm at earthlink.net>  

To: 'Darla J. Rogers' <mailto:djrogers0628 at gmail.com>  ; 'Discussion list
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Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:37 PM

Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] Clock with pleasantsounding
accessiblealarm/timersetting

Jessie and all:  I like your idea.  Sounds like it works.

I use a Braille watch, keep it open and facing my lap on my wrist, and seem
to astound people that I always know what time it is.  Advantages include
the fact that since people expect someone to be looking at a watch, they
don't notice when I'm checking the time and, I get to know where I am in any
session throughout that session, not only seven minutes to the end.  Not
sure if this helps.

Karen

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Darla J. Rogers
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:52 PM
To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] Clock with pleasant sounding
accessiblealarm/timersetting

I like what you do in your office, Jessie; it is really off-putting to a
client when you have to rush through the closure of the session/appointment.

Darla

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From: J.Rayl <mailto:thedogmom63 at frontier.com>  

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Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:56 AM

Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] Clock with pleasant sounding
accessiblealarm/timersetting

Hi.  Jennifer, this is really not all that accessible, however it is what we
have in our office, and its not intrusive--it is simply there.

We have a wall clock that has a chime.  It sounds like the old grandfather
clocks.  We have it, purposely, set so that it goes off about five minutes
(technically seven) prior to the hour.  This way, my sighted coworker and I
both hear it, as do clients.  We all, then, know that several things will
happen in seven minutes.

One, the next hour will occur.  

On that hour, a new appointment is likely to begin.

This gives time, then, to wrap up a session.

The chime simply chimes happily through our office building, is not
intrusive to anyone, can be softly heard in the office (even by me partially
deaf), and is, well, a normal occurrence in the environment so does not
startle PTSD sufferers, create a flashback, cause the "what is that"
question, or deflect from the conversation of anyone.

The only thing that it has ever done was cause someone to apologize for
being late when they see that clock in the waiting room and believe they are
late for an appointment.

However, I put a little sign underneath the close which reads: "please do
not set your watch with me (error pointing) I'm purposely set this way"

because I've had clients reset their watches / cell phones only to be
frustrated later.

Now, for accessibility?  I suppose if you check out sources such as
Independent Living Aids or Maxiaids, there are voocoos of accessible talking
/ braille clocks out there, or Speak To Me has voocoos more.

We bought our neat little grandfather replica at WalMart for maybe $15.00.

Jessie Rayl
EM: thedogmom63 at frontier.com
PH:304.671.9780
www.facebook.com/eaglewings10

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary"--Isaiah
40.31

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From: Jennifer Harnish <mailto:jharnish at rcn.com>  

To: 'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'
<mailto:acb-hsp at acb.org>  

Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:57 AM

Subject: [acb-hsp] Clock with pleasant sounding accessible
alarm/timersetting

I  wondered if any practicing counselors on the list could recommend an
accessible clock or timer that emits a  pleasant sound such as a  single
chime at certain times of the day that can be set in its memory. I  ask
because I  am starting a  new job where I  will be working with clients and
would like to have a  gentle reminder about five minutes before session end
so I  don't need to be checking tactile watch  or relying on other alarms
with obtrusive sounds. I  had been in an interview with a  sighted therapist
who had a  clock that chimed five minutes before the end of the session time
and it felt like a  nice reminder to us both that we should wrap up rather
than suddenly rushing things when realizing last minute that time was up. 

Thank you in advance for recommendations for such a  tool or ideas on how to
manage end of session knowledge . I  own a  computer with screen reader and
also an ITouch 4th generation so could consider apps for latter or
accessible program for computer.

Jennifer Harnish

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