Thanks Alexander for the information. I couldn't find a number for them to pass on, so well done.
My husband and I have also been talking about the problems of people who have never seen colour understanding what the concept means. I only had such a tiny amount of sight when I was a child that the only things that made sense to me were bright colours. My parents bought me this massive beach ball that had lots of bright colours on it, and I learnt what they looked like. I used to stand in the sunlight and twirl it about. The detectors would have loved the identification of that lot (smile.) What minimal amount of sight I had slowly receded so the transition wasn't traumatic for me. But I'm glad I saw just enough to know what some colours are, even though the various shades don't mean much. I think the detectors are great, even though they aren't as accurate as the naked eye. It gives us independence and that's worth a lot. Wouldn't it be fantastic to have an online database of colours somewhere that you could download to a colour detector?
Jackie----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Shannon" <alexacts2v4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:32 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Colour detectors
Hi all,Although I have some useful residual vision I've been following this thread, and the thread on the Cobolt Colour detector from which it came, because my wife, Carol, is very like Jackie, in that she had some partial sight when she was younger but is now totally blind.As A result of this, Carol uses the Cobolt colour detector, and when I told her about these threads of messages it resulted in us having a discussion which, in turn resulted in finding the list of addresses for the exhibiters from a previous Sight Village exhibition in 2006, which gives the telephone number for SW Retail as being the following: 01226762513, I am not certain if this will still be the same number, as I could not find any reference to contact details for the company on the website which Wendy Sharp so kindly sent to the list in an earlier message.Alexander Shannon ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.8/1064 - Release Date: 11/10/2007 15:09
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