SPEAKER: Hello, welcome back to the channel.
So you all know that I'm an advocate
for accessibility in various forms,
and one of those forms is technology.
I love technology.
I've gone through many a computer, phone gaming console in my life,
and I've tested out various accessibility features in these things.
And speaking of technology and accessibility,
this video is sponsored by Bellman and Symfon.
Bellman and Symfon is a company who has been developing
and manufacturing assisted listening
devices and alerting devices for deaf and hard
in hearing people in our daily lives.
And they were kind enough to send me some products
to try out and talk to you about today.
So obviously I'm deaf, so that means I can't really hear doorbells,
phone calls, etc.
Now I don't really have any visitors, but on the rare occasion,
I do have the cable guy and a maintenance
guy or ups coming with the package that needs to be signed,
and I can't miss that.
Unfortunately, there have been times when
I do miss the UPS man because I can't
hear the doorbell and now I have changed rooms and I have a big window.
So reflections make it a little bit easier for
me to know if someone's coming by but there's
still a chance I'm missing somebody since
my work area faces that wall over there.
So I'm not actually facing the window the majority of the time.
So the system that I have here is supposed to help with that.
So with this comes a Bellman pushbuttons transmitter which
can be pushed as a doorbell or call to action device.
So if you want to use it as a doorbell like I do,
you just tape it to your door and then when people come to your door,
hopefully they'll push the button and then it will
send a wireless signal to the flash receiver.
The Bellman flash receiver is the thing that
lets you know when something is happening.
So when someone presses the pushbuttons transmitter,
the flash receiver will then alert you with bright flashing lights.
So you will also notice the green LED with the door symboling up,
that's to let you know that someone's at the door.
And then you have the bell made bed shaker
and this is a concept that is familiar to us deaf
people because a lot of use bed shaker alarm
clocks to make sure we're up in the morning.
This does the same action,
shaking the bed but it's not your traditional alarm clock.
So you connect the bed shaker to the flash receiver and when
someone rings the push-button transmitter, the doorbell,
that sends signals to the flash receiver and the bed shaker and voila,
you've woken up from your nap.
So you can run downstairs and sign your very important package.
You can also prank your friends if they're sitting or napping,
and you want to pretend for a minute that there's an earthquake,
especially if you're in an area that isn't prone
to frequent earthquakes, works every time.
Additionally, you can also use this pushbuttons
transmitter as a call to attention button.
So, there's a lanyard that you can attach it to.
So this is great if you say you leave the flash receiver
in a living room when you're your deaf roommate,
relative, whoever it is that you're with,
and if you need something but you don't want to go downstairs
and they're obviously not going to hear you yell for them,
you can just press the button and let them know that you need something,
or it can be the other way around.
You're the deaf person who needs a visual
way to know that someone needs something.
So say you live with an elderly person who you care for and you're
too far away in the house for them to have easy access to you.
It's like that one system for elderly people
to call for help when they fall,
all they have to do is press the button and there's a flash in your
room and you can go help them, text them, something, whatever.
Keep in mind that the range is up to 80 meters/250 feet clear of line.
The range may be affected in the house due to walls of construction,
so you may want to do or have to play around with where you're going
to put this just to make sure that you can fully utilize it.
Lastly, I want to tell you about the mobile phone sensor.
All you have to do is simply put this cute little thing on top of your
phone or your tablet and connect it to the flash receiver and it will
light up with the yellow phone symbol
and a flash when there is an incoming call,
text message or any notification to your phone or tablet.
The main products that I get the most use out
of are the flash receiver and the push
button transmitter as a good visual way
of knowing when someone's at the door.
That's what I've been missing, but there are more visit
smart home products available than just these.
For example, there's devices for a smoke and fire alarm,
carbon monoxide alarm, baby crying alarm, etc.
So I suggest that you take a look on the website.
I'll add a link right here and down below.
If you would be interested in any of these
products and want to try them out,
I do have a coupon code for you,
RIKKI10 for 10% off and this code is valid until June 30th, 2022.
Thank you again to Bellman and Symfon for sponsoring this video.
Let me know in the comments what accessibility issues
that you're having in your own home and what products
from this line that you are probably interested in,
what would probably be most suitable for you?
What are you missing that they could maybe help you out with?
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Thank you for taking the time out of your day
to watch this video and I will see you later.
Bye.