How do blind people tell time?

Clocks and watches have been known to beep from time to time… they also might have a clock with hands. Even better.. a watch that tells you the time after you press a button.

Watches with braille dials and a flip-up crystal, or, in the case of my girlfriend, a watch that buzzes the hour and minute when she touches its capacitive bezel in a certain way.

There are talking clocks, too, but they are annoying.

Let our gigantic clock answer this question: “BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG”

@pdworkin braille dials and flip up crystals?

@Ivan the “bong” usually only happens on the hour or half hour, but if you want to know the minute…then what?

@alive Do you not understand that? The glass front of the watch is hinged, you open it, like an old fashioned pocket watch, and then you feel where the minute hand is, and read the braille number closest to it, and the same with the hour hand. You can look on most assistive web sites and see pictures of them if what I am saying is not clear enough.

My friends watch says the time outloud whenever he pushes a little button on the side.

All the blind people I know hate those because they are so obtrusive.

my mom has a talking watch she gets at radio shack. It’s about $10–15.00 and she has to replace it about every year.

My daughter prefers a watch that announces the hour automatically and gives the exact time when she presses a button but there are a wide variety of choices.

My friends all seem to like the watches with the Braille face and flip-up crystal. My daughter’s counselor at school likes a talking watch, though.

Or you can be like me, who prefers to have everything in every device he owns. My mobile phones keep time (as most smartphones do these days), and I’ve a command that will speak the time and date. Or software on my notebook has a hotkey that gives the time (press twice to give the date). Or my GPS application lists the date and time as well as phone’s battery status. Sadly, the talking watches with the slow, piping little voice on them and the rooster alarm clock make me want to use them to improve my shooting accuracy (though I prefer them not to be attached to anyone in that case, as it’s the watch’s voice and inane rooster alarm noise that offend me, not the wearer).
@dworkin I have one of those Braille watches. Eventually, at some point, I may even remember to get it repaired or replaced.