Simple Temperature Reading Solution for a Student with Blindness or Low Vision

Your student has been assigned an experiment involving exact temperature readings and you have tried a talking thermometer. And you have tried using a TVI to record the data, but this method does not seem to produce the exact measurements a student needs to successfully complete the lab. You may be discouraged, but don’t give up.

Students listening to the Go! Temp record the temperature of a liquid as they poor another into the container.

Did you know there are other options out there to solve this solution for your student who is blind or visually impaired (BLV)?

When you equip your student with the Go! Temp probe they are given a hands-on method to evaluate the temperature of a solution in real-time. Just plug into a  Windows® computer through the USB port, use your Logger Pro® software with Text-To-Speech capabilities by Independence Science, click collect, and hear the temperature graph plotted in real-time.

Close up photo of just the probe, it shows the USB plug, the cable and the light to show it is on. This is all one piece.This high tech solution is offered at a very affordable price and can be used for classroom, laboratory, and personal use.

The recorded data speeds up the lab, allows for future analyzing of data, and can be read back to the student in an audio graph format.

Imagine a whistling that goes up and down along with the graph.

This image of a computer screen shows the temperature of water greatly decreasing and then holding steady before finally dropping below freezing

Specifications

  • Range: -20°C – 115°C
  • Maximum temperature that the sensor can tolerate without damage: 150°C
  • Resolution: 0.07°C
  • Accuracy: ± 0.5°C
  • Response Time: 4s (to 90% of full reading in water)

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