Bought to record reminders for my preschooler to keep him on schedule while I’m working from home on the phone with customers. For example, at 12:55, my voice recording comes on reminding him to clean up because Quiet Hour (nap) is in 5 min, then another one comes on at 1:00 saying it’s time to go to his room for quiet hour. At noon, me on the recording reminds him to get his lunch from the fridge and gives him permission to turn on a show. I can set reminders to complete school type work I’ve left out on his desk, etc. Or even to come hug me at my desk!

Yeah it’s kinda sad having a “robot” guiding my child through his day, BUT the reality of the times is that I am there but I am not always available, but this way he is still hearing MY voice, using his name and telling him I love him, AND giving him structure. AND he loves it.

Tip: even though the clock doesn’t let you choose for a message to replay on all “weekdays”, it DOES allow you to have a repeating message that replays every Wednesday, for example. THEREFORE, since it allows 25 recordings, if you have no more than 5 separate messages you want said daily, you can record the 5 messages 5 separate times, choosing “repeat Monday” then “repeat Tuesday” etc. for each set. Like if you wanted to record the reminder “Time for lunch” and wanted it to play every weekday, just record it 5 times asking Rosie to have it repeat on a different day of the week each time you record it. I hope that made sense. Then the messages for workdays don’t bother you on the weekend.

My mom was recently diagnosed with early on set Dementia and Alzheimer. We want to make sure she did not forgot doctors appts and when she needs to take certain medications. Iphone alarms do not help, she needed something that would reminder her verbally. This clock did that! It’s great and she loves it. It’s loud enough that no matter where she was at home, she could hear it. It’s also very easy to set up as it’s voice activated.

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I got my first Reminder Rosie a few weeks ago. She was working wonderfully. Then I unplugged her from my office and moved her to my living room. She never came back on…SHE WAS DEAD 🙁

Like always, Amazon was fantastic about replacing her.

About four days ago I got my second Reminder Rosie. After three days she died again 🙁

I wasn’t sure what to do. I rely so much on Reminder Rosie, I’m not sure how I can keep up with all my prescriptions, doctors visits, waking up, and going to bed.

I found out that Rosie just needed to be rebooted.

I have attached rebooting instructions below:

Question: Rosie stopped talking altogether – she doesn’t wake up when I trigger her by voice or pushing her trigger button, and Reminder Rosie stopped reminding me using my personalized voice reminder alarms. What happened to my Reminder Rosie?

Rosie: Well, very seldom, I may get sick and need to be rebooted. All you need to do is unplug me, remove one of my batteries for an instant, plug me back in, and then replace the battery (exactly in that order) and I will be healthy again.

I followed these directions. After replugging Rosie back in, but before I had time to put the battery back, SHE CAME BACK TO LIFE 🙂

I AM SO HAPPY!

I purchased “Reminder Rosie” at the recommendation of a rehabilitation specialist at the assisted living facility where my elderly dad lives. He has his own studio apartment but was rapidly losing his short term memory. As a result, the rehab specialist was working with us to see if we could find a way to allow him to remain in his current unit and maintain his independence as long as possible. This device is helping him even more than we’d hoped it would. It was a simple process to record brief personal messages reminding him to take medicine, move around and go to meals. He especially likes hearing my voice and he responds well to the prompts. After almost a year of daily use, I was disappointed when the device suddenly stopped working. I called the manufacturer and received same day help from a real person. After talking me through a trouble shooting procedure, he determined that the unit could not be restarted and agreed to replace it since we were still within the one year warranty period. Within a week of returning the old unit, I received a brand new one. I can honestly say that this device is helping my dad to maintain as much independence as possible and am so glad we decided to try it!

My mom was recently diagnosed with early on set Dementia and Alzheimer. We want to make sure she did not forgot doctors appts and when she needs to take certain medications. Iphone alarms do not help, she needed something that would reminder her verbally. This clock did that! It’s great and she loves it. It’s loud enough that no matter where she was at home, she could hear it. It’s also very easy to set up as it’s voice activated.

This has been an anxiety reliever (not only for y mom but it also gives me peace of mind)
She never worries about missing a medication. Her best friend set up her alarms for her and put a final one in that says “Have a good night” before she goes to bed!

With all the eye drops I need, and other medications at different times, I was forgetting to apply the drops at the right times. Reminder Rosie solves all these problems. I no longer have to be obsessed with when to perform tasks. I love this product. I use it for cooking as well. I am so glad that I purchased it. The small burdens have been lifted!

This is a very helpful reminder clock for my parent with memory issues. Was a little tricky to set up at first, but once I got the “hang of it”, it’s easy to use. She likes it & likes hearing my voice on the reminders. Her friends seem to like it also. Glad we bought it.

Wow!! We needed something like this for a relative who cannot read, and cannot read clocks of any kind (analogue or digital), so that he could not figure out when to do what. Now, our voices remind him that it’s time for lunch (dinner, breakfast, whatever). The instructions (the “manual”) were a bit confusing, but with a little bit of experimentation, we got all of our recordings set to happen at their individual times. The battery back-up will play the recorded reminders (alarms) even when the power is off, so unplugging the unit doesn’t stop the reminders. The digital display is huge (which is meaningless to our relative); the voice volume is LOUD (or VERY LOUD, if you flick a switch), the voice reminder (alarm) will repeat itself for 30 minutes unless it is turned off (accomplished by pushing down on the clock itself) so a complicated reminder can be listened to over and over (“It’s dinner time. If you aren’t going to your sister’s for dinner, make your own dinner!”)

As a business manager, I bought the Reminder Rosie clock to leave timely messages to remind myself of exactly what I need to do at chosen times throughout my day, before, during, and after work. I even like to use it to remind myself periodically of my intended focus for that day. I am still designing my ideal system. I was able to easily set it up and get it doing its job as soon a I referred to the instruction paper. Writing out the times and messages before recording them allows me to tweak each message to fit into the time allowed and to makes the recording smoother.

I decided I would like less messages than I first set up for myself. Rosie lets me design and redesign the number and kind of messages as often as I want to.

I can use it to remind myself of key transition times in my day and key projects that I need to do. I also use it to remind myself to get some fresh air and exercise. I include reminders to take meds at appropriate times, to stop for lunch and for supper, and especially to go home and see my family. It’s great for life balance.

It helps keep my focus on what matters most that day or hour. It does not replace my paper based planner. It speaks up, audibly, to reminds me of what the plans are for each part of the day, including having a home life and not working too long.

Here’s an example of a reminder to help me follow through and not get caught up in working beyond 5 PM. 20 minutes before home time I will remind myself, via Rosie, “Put away today’s work. Jot notes for easy continuation timorrow.”
At home time my message will say, “Home time! Log out of pc, record stop time, and go home. Enjoy!”

Very happy with purchase. Reminder Rosie is exactly as described. I would recommend this product to anyone.
Easy to use and I love that the recordings are in my voice.