z wrote:
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you know what i would like, though it seems silly; something that
would speak the reading when i have both hands on the leads and can't
take my eye off things long enough to look at the meter.

Something like this, maybe?

http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=HHM2

Unfortunately, it seems to have been discontinued. I've seen some
others advertised, too, but don't recall who, specifically.

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