Hi Mike,

Omega used to sell a high end talking meter $300 or more but they 
discontinued it as I understand they thought someone would put their hands 
into dangerous voltages.

Radio Shack used to sell a talking meter, however, they have been 
discontinued for 10 or more years.

More recently, a surplus electronics dealer had several hundred of the 
Tophand brand talking meters for $40.  They have been out of stock now for 
several months.

The NFB sells I believe the same thing for $50 and you can order from the 
following link.

http://secure.nfb.org/ecommerce/asp/product.asp?product=843&cat=18&ph
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I have learned to order these items when they are available as if you wait, 
you will be out of luck.  In fact, if the item is cheap enough, I will buy 
more than one.

Do you remember the cheap Hamilton Beach talking microwave oven?  I bought 
three of them and put two in storage.

It's a shame that we have to do this.

I hope this helps.

I wouldn't wait you better order now if you want one!!

73's

Howard, W A 9 Y B W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: talking v. o.m.


> how much does the nfb meter cost and what areit's cabilities  does =
> anyone have one  I'd love to get a talking meter,  and this is the first =
> I have heard of there being one availible again. I'm not sure why they =
> keep stopping their production, except a rumor I heard abotu the older =
> one is that they got scared of lawsuits when a blindie electrocuted =
> himself testing something  cause everyone knows all we can do is sit on =
> a street corner with a tinc up andbeg   lol
> 73 b7nla
> On Oct 6, 2011, at 10:40 PM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>
>> I'm positive that if the pictures can be believed, the "Tophand"=20
>> meter with "Nexxtech" leads, that's what the NFB is selling.
>>=20
>> Joseph - KF7QZC
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>> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 01:47:22PM -0800, Mike Keithley wrote:
>>> It's out of stock. Too bad! I have one and it's a nice device, =
> especially when I found that it can be made to talk continuously.
>>>=20
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Gale Conard <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To:  [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: Monday, Oct 3, 2011 10:10:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: talking v. o.m.
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>>>> Bob,
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>>>> This info is over three years old, but worth a try.
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>>>> Gale,
>>>> [log in to unmask]
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>>>> For $39 you can now buy a TALKING DIGITAL MULTI METER from a surplus =
> vendor
>>>> who has 885 units left.
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>>>> http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=3D16562+TE
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>>>> My husband and I have purchased lots of goodies from MPJA and find =
> them
>>>> cheap, quick and reliable.
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>>>> --Debee KF6BKR
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>>>> 2:31 PM
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>>>> VFolks, these are still available from Marlin P. Jones.
>>>> www.mpja.com
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>>>> $39.95 plus shipping.
>>>> I just ordered a spare for myself.
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>>>> Thought I'd spread the word.
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