12-09-2012, 03:48 PM
At the IBCA Congress held in India, it was announced that DGT were developing their own talking clock, but it would not be ready for 2 years. I know that they were approached by a couple of Braille Federations in 2008, and wanted 25000 Euros to develop the prototype. This was beyond the means of our federations. The problem is DGT have some sort of contract with FIDE that they are the only supplier of clocks to FIDE tournaments. An exception is made for braille clocks. The German Talking chess clock is not being produced at the moment, only the Spanish one is.