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We are now going to do a comparison of two alarm clocks - the Sonic Boom SB1000 and the
Sonic Boom SBT425. Sometimes people don't get too excited about alarm clocks but we
all have to wake up in the morning and if we can get through the night without stressing
about getting up on time, we start off our day in a positive way. Both of these alarm
clocks have some features in common. They both have an adjustable volume control and
an adjustable tone control. They both have 9 V battery backup, they can utilize the bed
shaking feature which we'll talk about in a little bit and they both have the beloved
snooze button to use. So I'm going to start with this clock. Here is the volume control,
the tone control, the large display. The buttons for setting the time and the alarm are very
easy to use, very easy to see, black letters on a white background. They're very comfortable,
soft touch. On the side of the alarm clock, you will have the options for setting your
wake up options as well as a pulse or a steady beat to the shaker. So on this clock, the
reason that is that endeared itself to me over the years, is that it does have an outlet
on the back and what I do to demonstate it is I buy a cheap, little device like this,
plug in a light bulb right in the back so this yellow button here actually controls this light and it could be used as a bedside
lamp or I can choose to wake up to it by having the light flash. The wonderful thing about
this particular alarm clock to use in comparison demos is that it has a test button, so you
dont have to go through the alarm process in order to demonstrate how this will sound.
The test button located on the bottom and for people who may not be familiar with the
bed shaking feature, this goes between the mattress and the box spring and when the alarm
goes off, this shakes. So I'm ready to show you what that will sound like. I'm going to
use the pulsing, I'm going to use both the light and the vibration and I'm going to use
both volume and tone. So here it comes. Now, I can adjust the tone for either high or low
tone because some people have high frequency loss, some people have a low frequency loss.
Let's try it again. Okay, so thats how that works. Now, on the 425 model, you have the
adjustable volume control and the adjustable tone control. You have the snooze option here.
You also can choose to be woken up by either vibration or sound, that is up to you. It
does have lights that flash but they are in a straight line across here. The control buttons
are on the bottom for setting the time and the alarm and they aren't quite as easy
to see. We have black letters on a grey background so some people with vision loss may find that
a little bit challenging and the controls themselves are located very close together
so might present a problem for people with manual dexterity issues so you want to consider
your audience to whom you're demonstrating to make sure that those things are pointed
out and they end up with a product that serves their needs the best. The interesting thing
about this particular alarm clock is it has a phone jack on it so for instance I know
of someone who had hearing loss, she was able to speak on the phone because she found a
phone that worked for her but she couldn't hear the phone ring. So in her case, she had
children in college and elderly parents and she worried about missing an important phone
call during the night so you can connect this to a telephone and it will also use the vibration
to alert you when the telephone is ringing. That's it for today, thanks very much.