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My father is newly low vision, looking for an accurate talking gram scale (self.Blind)
submitted by NikkiP0P
My father is newly low vision due to dry macular degeneration, at some point in the next 5 years blind. He’s devastated. My daughter has a rare genetic condition and her food must be weighed out for her on a gram scale with at least 1 decimal.
First: does anyone know of a talking gram scale that would do this? As in “Weight is 20.4 grams” or whatever? I can only find ones that read rounded numbers.
Second any advice? I’m at a loss as to help him, we are new to this world.
Thank you.
First: does anyone know of a talking gram scale that would do this? As in “Weight is 20.4 grams” or whatever? I can only find ones that read rounded numbers.
Second any advice? I’m at a loss as to help him, we are new to this world.
Thank you.
jage9 2 points 2y ago
Have one of these and it works as advertised. The app itself is a bit crowded, but useful.
bondolo 2 points 2y ago
The smartchef scales $1 work well though they require a cell phone app. They are available in 3 capacities with different accuracy levels.
0-500g with 0.01 gram accuracy
0-3kg with 0.1 gram accuracy (the accuracy seems to be 2-3g in practice)
0-15kg with 1 gram accuracy.
I can no longer recommend the My.Weigh VOX 2 talking scale as the most recent unit (the 4th since 2008 but we use it a lot and are not always the best about not dropping it on the floor, etc) failed after only about 3 months. The unit is supposed to have a one year warranty but the manufacturer has been entirely unresponsive.
0-500g with 0.01 gram accuracy
0-3kg with 0.1 gram accuracy (the accuracy seems to be 2-3g in practice)
0-15kg with 1 gram accuracy.
I can no longer recommend the My.Weigh VOX 2 talking scale as the most recent unit (the 4th since 2008 but we use it a lot and are not always the best about not dropping it on the floor, etc) failed after only about 3 months. The unit is supposed to have a one year warranty but the manufacturer has been entirely unresponsive.
NikkiP0P [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Ah you’re awesome this is just what I need thank you.
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