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I looked at the Williams Sound Pocketalker...$139 on Amazon. Reading the reviews, I see that it's possible to pair it with an Olympus ME-52W mic ($13.54 on Amazon) to pick up conversations PLUS use for phone conversations and TV!!!!! I'll check with my Costco person, who will call me as soon as the special new earpiece she ordered for my Bernefon Zerena arrives. I'm hoping that this will finally make it possible to participate in small group meetings. I've bought a tablet for Live Transcribe (tablet's mic can't pick up speech across a table), switched to an Android phone (Live Transcribe provides a single paragraph for a four-hour meeting, missing all tech terms), bought the recommended mic for my aid ($200 and only worked for less than 10' away). Lots of effort and $$$ spent for things that still leave me in the dust, wondering what's being said. Since Charter offers zero captions (yes, I know that they're supposed to, but it's Charter, the only provider in our rural location), it would be great to be able to watch TV, esp. for the news in order to know what's going on in the world.
Anyone have any experience, good or bad, with the Pocketalker?
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joyces, the regular price for the Pocketalker is $139 but you can find it new for much less on eBay. You may not even have to play the bidding war to get it for a lot less. The microphone on the Pocketalker can be extended so if you get an extension cord for the mic, get one that is a mono (as opposed to stereo) connector. With the extended microphone, it will allow you to place it near the TV speaker. A wireless solution is better since you won't have to step over the cord. The Pocketalker is an older product but works very well. One other thing that I will mention is that if the included headphones ever need to be replaced, make sure you get a mono headphone, otherwise you will not hear from both right and left. If you do buy stereo headphones, make sure you also buy a stereo to mono adapter so that sound comes from both right and left.
Tony in Michigan