I give this to my grandmother , who be nearly blind . it be the only clock she can actually see . I also like that it set itself automatically when you plug it in , so she do not have to worry about change it for daylight savings time or anything like that . I be not sure about the alarm feature , since she do not use they , but as a clock for someone visually impair it work very well . I end up buy she a second one for another room .