A RosettaStone is a small stone artifact (Disk or tablet) that leverages advanced mobile device technologies for the purpose of long-term preservation of historical and genealogical information associated with outdoor monuments, statuary and landmarks. When added to new or existing monuments, the result is a technologically enhanced memorial that can allow current and future site visitors to read the associated story from a mobile device. Each story is authored on-line by the buyer or the family.
Why a RosettaStone
A RosettaStone certainly has immediate and localized family remembrance value, but more significantly a RosettaStone is a genealogical and historical artifact. It is far more likely that those that benefit most from the discovery of a RosettaStone will be those that the stone's author will have never met.
How Do I Create a Story For My RosettaStone
Go here after receiving your emailed access credentials at time of purchase. It is from this location that you may enter over 1000 words of text, a single photo and global grid coordinates of the stones physical location.
What Happens When I Touch my Cell Phone to the Stone
Touching any compatible NFC enabled phone to the surface of a Personal RosettaStone will return the stones associated information including including the story and picture.
If your phone is not NFC-enabled you can still access the same information manually by using the URL (channel) shown on face of the stone tablet or disk.
What is NFC
NFC stands for Near Field Communication and it is a short-range wireless connectivity technology standard format related to RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). See Wikipedia definition. NFC is included as a standard data access method on Personal RosettaStone products.
What Cell Phones Will a RosettaStone Work With
You can access a RosettaStone's associated data file with any Internet-enabled cell phone by manual entry of the stones URL and ID number. Only NFC-enabled smart phones, such as the Google / Samsung Nexus S, can access the RosettaStone's microchip Touch-to-Stone™ functionality. The global adoption and availability of new NFC technology is on a significant upswing with dozens of new phone offerings expected in 2012 from manufacturers such as BlackBerry, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericson and Toshiba, to name a few.
Does the RosettaStone use Short Message Service (SMS)
No. There has never been any RosettaStone product that has used text messaging.
Is There a Subscription or Any Renewal Fee With This Product
No. Unlike many technology-based products there is no subscription, renew or recurring fee of any kind.
Do I Need to Install Any Software on My Phone to Use This Product
No. Unlike competing products, there is no need to download any special software or phone App to use a Personal RosettaStone natural stone product.
Is There a Battery Inside of a RosettaStone
No. The internal microchip(s) use the phones own magnetic field to power up just long enough to communicate and then returns to a dormant state, all in less than one second.
How to Purchase
You can purchase directly from our online Web store or contact us for other billing options. You may also purchase our products from quality monument builders worldwide and have the product included as part of a monument order. For assistance, email support@objecs.com or call Objecs Sales M-F 10AM to 3PM (MST / GMT -7) at (888) 692-7009 Ext 701.
Do You Sell Headstones
No, we do not sell headstones directly, but we are happy to refer you or your funeral director to a monument builder in the U.S. and many international locations. Many of our referrals offer RosettaStone technology as part of the total purchase package.
How Long For Delivery
Normal delivery time for a Personal RosettaStone disk is about 7 business days. Normal deliver for a Personal RosettaStone tablet is about 4 weeks after symbol selection in the North America. Please don't hesitate to contact us for more urgent needs at Objecs sales: (888) 692-7009 Ext 701, M-F 10AM to 3PM (MST / GMT -7).
Access credentials to the heart of our system, the Personal RosettaStone™ Data Archive . It is from this access point that you may archive and edit the stone's related digital information.
Product box or other holder.
Double sided 3M VHB indoor / outdoor surface mounting adhesive strip (D106 stone disk only).
RosettaStone product card.
Optional accessories may be available as a promotion or at an additional cost including mounting adhesives.
How to Install a RosettaStone Product
A do-it-yourself 3M brand peel and stick / adhesive mount option is available for the Personal RosettaStone disk D106.
Use our Clear Gel Epoxy for a permanent mount for any of our natural stone products. See our online store for options or contact us for assistance.
All Personal RosettaStone products can be professionally installed as an inset flush with the monument surface. See your local monument builder or contact us for assistance.
What is the RosettaStone Warranty and Guarantee
Each RosettaStone tablet comes with the best assurance in the industry starting with a 30 day money-back guarantee from the date of purchase. If you do not agree that your Personal RosettaStone offers the best available technology, archiving and genealogical reference for a cemetery gravestone or you are not satisfied for any other reason we will refund 100% of your purchase price.
Each RosettaStone tablet comes with a 1 year limited liability warranty against manufacturing and performance defects.
Each RosettaStone tablet comes with a 'Forever' guarantee, which is a separate fractional fee guarantee, beginning one year after date of purchase. The Forever guarantee survives from generation to generation available to anyone that is in possession of the Data Archive credentials assigned to a specific stone product. There is no requirement to present a receipt or show proof of purchase to exercise this guarantee. The fractional fee of this guarantee is 15% of the current regular retail price and covers all product repair and service described below in to perpetuity / forever.
The Forever guarantee is honored by repairing, refunding, replacing with equivalent or current product, at our sole discretion. When repairable, we will correct any technology defect or natural weathering and environmental degradation. We will re-burn / code electronics as needed, refresh the stone face, inspect, repair, polish and or hone stone disk or tablets to factory specifications as needed, when replacement is not required.
The RosettaStone warranty and Forever guarantee do not cover vandalism or modification, breakage caused
by prying, dropping or any cause of blunt force damage.
The warranty and guarantee are considered void when tampering of the internal electronics has occurred or aftermarket modifications to the tablet have been made.
The warranty and Forever guarantee do not cover shipping charges to our facility, any on-site repair or service, stone removal from a memorial marker or custom modifications.
Where is The RosettaStone Made
The RosettaStone is made in two locations in the southwestern United States.
What are the Dimensions of a Personal RosettaStone Tablet and Disk
The granite tablet is approximately 2.4 X 4.0 X 0.3 or 60mm X 101mm X 7mm
The granite disk is approximately 56mm in diameter and 6mm thick.
How Long Will the Granite Personal RosettaStone Product Last
The granite tablet is a Millennium Class artifact (our best), meaning that its outdoor mounted presentation layer (inscription) life is rated at 3.2 millennium (3,200 years). This product is highly resistant to UV, dry or humid environments, most common man-made chemicals as well as extreme temperatures found in the world's harshest geographic locations. Effects of water submersion of less than 100 meters is negligible on the tablets presentation and internal electronics.
The granite disk is a Century Class artifact with an outdoor mounted presentation layer service life rating of eight centuries ( 800 years). This product has a polished high gloss clear sealer over the stones laser engraved inscription. The clear sealer will fully deteriorate in less than 100 years in nearly all climates with the underlying laser inscription surviving beyond this by many centuries. This product is UV resistant, submersible and capable of surviving extreme geographic climates.
Data is associated with each RosettaStone memorial product from one or more remote global archives. The distant future discover of a RosettaStone's archived data file is predicate on the continuity of the current Internet environment with similar or improved search and image recognition characteristics.
The RosettaStone internal NFC-RFID microchip(s) technology and its survival of onboard data is not yet rated. Remote data archive files survive independently of the NFC-RFID microchip technology.
What Inspired the Name and Logo
The original RosettaStone tablet was the inspiration for the brand name.
The logo is that of the mythical bird, the Phoenix, after our city of origin, Phoenix, Arizona.
