[Diabetes-talk] Got my new Prodigy Voice and found possiblebugin system

[Dan]

Hello,
I'd also like to see the Prodigy software made available for Mac OS X  
and Linux systems as well. After all, more and more blind people are  
moving to the accessible out of the box Macintosh.


Dan

keysjd at comcast.net




On Feb 25, 2009, at 6:54 PM, David Anspach wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> You can also download the diabetes management software free from the  
> DDI web
> site. The url is:
> http://www.prodigymeter.com/prodigy_management_software.php
> As far as I know, the software is not accessible using either JAWS  
> or Window
> Eyes. However, I am going to see if it can be scripted using JAWS,  
> so, we'll
> see what happens.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl  
> echevarria
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:08 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Got my new Prodigy Voice and found
> possiblebugin system
>
> ddi will send you the software to plug into you meter and upload all  
> your
> readings.
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Albert Sanchez" <albertsanchez at suddenlink.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Got my new Prodigy Voice and found  
> possible
> bugin system
>
>
>> Hi List
>>
>> In an earlier post I reported to you that I had recently acquired a  
>> new
>> Prodigy Voice glucometer. Now, almost a week later, I would like to  
>> update
>> you on my findings and let you know what I have found, and ask you  
>> to see
>> if
>> your meter does the same as mine.
>>
>> After taking four readings a day, for four days in succession I  
>> decided to
>> cycle through, and write down my readings so that I could provide  
>> them to
>> my
>> Doctor since I can't download the data to my computer. The 7-day  
>> average
>> function seemed to work correctly, but, when I read the individual
>> readings
>> the meter showed the date and time of each reading correctly, but  
>> the "AM"
>> or "PM" was wrong. Let me give you an example. Lets say that I read  
>> four
>> times on February 22 2009 at five AM, nine AM, four PM, and eleven  
>> PM.
>> Then
>> on February 23, 2009 I read at six AM, eleven-thirty AM, five- 
>> fifteen PM
>> and
>> ten-thirty PM. When I cycle through those eight readings from the  
>> previous
>> two days I would get: for Feb. 22nd, five AM, nine AM, four AM, and  
>> eleven
>> AM. For Feb. 23 I would get six AM, eleven-thirty AM, five-fifteen  
>> AM and
>> ten-thirty AM.
>>
>> I subsequently contacted the Prodigy people and explained my  
>> findings to
>> them and their representative thanked me for the information and  
>> indicated
>> that they would send me a new meter, asking me to return the meter in
>> question. I have since received the replacement meter and it seems  
>> to work
>> exactly as the first one, showing the "AM" "PM" incorrectly.
>>
>> My question to the list is this: has anyone else noticed this  
>> possible bug
>> in the system, or have I simply gotten two bad meters?
>>
>> Yours,
>> Albert Sanchez
>> Al's Piano Tuning & Repair
>> 215 John Avenue
>> Greenville, NC 27858-4113
>> 252-757-3023
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Albert Sanchez" <albertsanchez at suddenlink.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:44 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Got my new Prodigy Voice
>>
>>
>>> Hi List
>>> I received my Prodigy Voice glucometer yesterday afternoon and  
>>> wanted to
>>> post my reaction to this new (for me at least), product. So far, I  
>>> have
>>> been able to get good readings on the first try. What an excellent
>>> product--small, easy to use, and! fully! accessible! Nice Job  
>>> prodigy
>>> people!
>>> Albert Sanchez
>>> Al's Piano Tuning & Repair
>>> 215 John Avenue
>>> Greenville, NC 27858-4113
>>> 252-757-3023
>>>
>>>
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