Talking Time, Month and Date Alarm Clock

by MAGNIFYING AIDS

Product Features

• Talking loud clock
• Easy to use.
• Very popular!

Product Description

The split second accurate atomic time. Full range female voice time and date announcement, with smooth and natural sound quality. Radio controlled with automatic summer/winter (daylight saving) adjustment. Display time with running second, month, date, day of the week, and alarm time. Hourly time announcement between 8AM to 10PM inclusively. (If not wanted, user can select to turn off the hourly announcement). Extra long 5 minute alarm sound, with beep tone and current time announcement. 5 minute snooze function. High and low announcement volume selection. Requires 2 AA Batteries, not included. Measures: 5.12 inch H x 4.25 inch L x 2.75 inch W. # 756994

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00013KOTS
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,266 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #35 in Health & Personal Care > Medical Supplies & Equipment > Daily Living Aids > Low Vision Aids > Clocks & Watches

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great clock for anyone, but especially those with low-vision, August 27, 2006

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JohnJohnD (Downingtown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Talking Time, Month and Date Alarm Clock (Health and Beauty)

I purchased two of these clocks at different times, one for myself and then one for my grandmother, who has macular degeneration and absolutely loves this clock. Although the previous clocks aren't branded "Reizen", they're identical to this one. I'm buying another one for my grandmother so that she can have one in her bedroom as well as her kitchen.

This is a great clock, even for those with normal vision, but especially great for those with low vision or the blind. One tap on the big top button that runs the length of the clock speaks the time in a pleasant and very understandable British female voice, and a second tap speaks the date. There are no tiny extraneous buttons to accidentally push, which is important for low-vision users and a serious flaw in many other similar clocks.

There's an option for speaking the time on the hour. The time and date are set automatically according to the time broadcast from the NIST government clock in Colorado, so there's no need to fool with it when the time changes. The functions all make sense and are very easy to set, and the alarm setting as well as other other features are confirmed by voice. The clock uses AA batteries that last a long time, at least two years under normal use and they are simple to change.

The single lacking feature is a backlight, which would be nice for night table alarm clock use.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for the price, October 4, 2006

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A. Mackler (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talking Time, Month and Date Alarm Clock (Health and Beauty)

This is an okay unit. I would just be aware of the following:

1) Even though this clock only works in the US, it speaks in a British accent.

2) Volume control has two settings: high and low.

3) Automatically setting the time can take a long time--up to hours--and might only work at night. I thought I would just turn it on and it would set itself in about the same amount of time that it takes my cel phone to get a signal. It's not like that at all. As I understand the documentation, once it sets itself, it only checks the radio signal at 2:00 am.

4) Setting the time manually is slow because you can only increment/decrement the minutes, not the hours. If the radio signal was more robust this wouldn't be an issue.

5) You can't simultaneously have the alarm set and the hourly time announcement.

6) The hourly announcement starts at 8:00 am. If that's when you want it to start you're in luck. If not, the only other option is to turn it off.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute, Clear and a new friend, April 6, 2010

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Gigi (Redlands, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Talking Time, Month and Date Alarm Clock (Health and Beauty)

The cute British accent voice is clear and easy to understand. Setting the time is easy, as is activating the voice. Tap the top bar once for time. Tap it twice and you will hear the date and day. My 87 year old visually impaired mother really likes the clock, and I suspect activates it just to hear a friendly voice. The clock is never judgmental and never sighs and says, "It is one minute since you last asked the time." ... No more "what time is it now?" phone calls... The Reisen Talking atomic clock.. Our new best friend. :-)