RNIB talking analogue clock

I purchased this for my Mom as a Christmas present. It is a little lengthy to set up the talking clock time and date and motnh year etc. but once done it works very well. I was trying to work out how it worked....they are two separate systems...the face clock and the talking clock. But my Mom finds it very simple to use and a great improvement...especially easy to use during the middle of the night when she couldnt see what the time was previously. It has helped her find more structure to her day once more.

First impressions were brilliant because of the clarity of the face and the speaking clock. However, when I came to show my mother how to unset the alarm, it was complicated as there is only one menu button and you have to go through a long menu to get to the bit you want. I think we got impatient and pressed it too quickly or too often and now it doesn't work (the menu button not the clock) so we can't reset now. In fairness, I haven't got in touch to rectify as I think it was our fault and she would be without her clock - she just has to wake up every day at 7 so a bit disappointing

After initially returning the item because the button on the top was sticking, the replacement has stopped talking entirely after a week of being presented with great fanfare to an elder relative who is, by all intents and purposes blind. Also due to it's general poor construction (The operating button slopes to one side, apparently as do all of them I am told, and the accompanying switch assembly within is of a lacklustre nature). I don't think I will bother attempting a second replacement as the elderly relative ,with her very limited sight, can make out the large figures - in black and white and I do not wish to deprive her of the limited facility that it still provides.

This clock is not fit for purpose and I'm surprised the RNIB are happy to put their name to it. I purchased it for my father who was visually impaired. The day after I left it with him I found it with the hands off. In trying to push the button he had knocked it onto the floor and the hands fell off. We were able to prise the front off and reattach them but the same thing happened the next day. The clock so lightweight that it is too easily knocked over as is bound to happen with people with poor sight. If it had been of a more sturdy construction, had sticky feet or even weighted at the bottom it would have been better, however, the whole thing is of very poor quality and I wouldn't recommend it.

Bought this for my mum who cannot see very well and gets muddled remembering the day. She loved it and has stopped calling to ask the time

Arrived on time. Looks good with really clear face. East to set up and easy to operate. Voice very clear. Having date and day announcement added bonus.

Should be good product BUT speak button keeps sticking and speak time lost. Easyish to set. Voice pretty clear, volume good. Face clear. Good value. Didn't expect radio time and clock sync at the price Just monitor it. Having to return but shall request replacement as should do the job well.

The black numbers stand out very clearly against the white background, and you can press the white button as often as you like to know the time. Very useful for blind people or people with very poor eyesight.