[Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice Accessible User Guides

Fri Mar 13 15:52:50 UTC 2009

Dave,

I am the Webmaster and Marketing Director here at ADS and will keep
those links active through any changes in our website. (I am working on
making the Audio tracks more accessible)

As far as the language in the user guide goes, I have no control over
what it says. I just noticed that a lot of individuals on the diabetes
talk list were asking about an accessible user guide because they were
not able to read pdf files. I just took it upon myself to create a few
version of the Voice user guide on my own time. 

I did however forward it to DDI to make sure that they could have it
readily available for anyone that requested it. If you ask me, that
should be one of the main things they focus on when creating user
guides. What about a Braille user guide? 

I am working on a few things to help every diabetic with visual
impairments.

Best Regards, 

Jonathan Carey

Marketing Director

Advanced Diabetes Supply

1-800-730-9887 x 7220

1-800-503-6280 Fax

www.NorthCoastMed.com <http://www.northcoastmed.com/>      Insurance
Covered Diabetic Testing Supplies

www.GlucosePost.com <http://www.glucosepost.com/>     A Community for
People with Diabetes to Share Stories, Inform, and Support Each Other!

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-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Anspach
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:17 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice Accessible User Guides

Hello Jonathan,

Thanks so much for providing the links to the accessible version of the

Prodigy Voice meter.  Will these links always be available and working,
or,

should we save each page to the hard drive of our PC? Second, I ran
across

the following text in the manual that I found well, rather offensive,
for

lack of a better word. The text is as follows and can be found in the

pre-cautions portion of the manual:

1. Close supervision is necessary when the device is used by, on, or
near

children, handicapped persons  or  invalids.

This text can be found on the  following page:

http://www.northcoastmed.com/accessible/voice_userguide.txt 

Ok, perhaps I'm being a bit naive, but I thought the term of
"handicapped

persons" went out with the turn of the century? Anyway, I thought this
was a

rather ridiculous statement in that it includes cautioning against
someone

with a "handicap"  either using or being near the device while it is
being

used. Are you kidding me? How can DDI put this type  of language into
the

user manual of a product they have developed for use by the blind?

I apologize Jonathan as I know you are not directly affiliated with DDI,
but

who can I contact regarding this ridiculous statement? I would like to
see

this ridiculous pre-cautionary statement be removed from the user manual

sooner than later. I hope I'm not being too picky as I think the Voice
is an

awesome meter and your company, Jonathon, does quite well too. If you
all

think I am being overly picky, then please let me  know and I will just
let

it go. But if you are with me, then let me know that as well.

Have a great night,

Dave

-----Original Message-----

From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org

[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jon Carey

Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:30 PM

To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind

Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice Accessible User Guides

This is a repost but I recently noticed some members of the list asking
if

anyone knew of an accessible user guide for the voice. I have taken the

Prodigy Voice User Guide and formatted it so that everyone can use a
screen

reader to utilize the user guide. 

Here are the links again. I also put the Audio User Guide that comes
with

the Prodigy Voice on the website for those that would like to access
each

track at your leasure.

Accessible Text User Guide Click Here

<http://www.northcoastmed.com/accessible/voice_userguide.txt>  

Accessible HTML User Guide Click Here

<http://www.northcoastmed.com/accessible/voice_userguide.htm>  

Voice Audio User Guide Audio Tracks Here

<http://www.northcoastmed.com/audio/> 

I just put these together to make life a little easier for those that
can

not see. Hope it helps 

Best Regards, 

Jonathan Carey

Marketing Director

Advanced Diabetes Supply

1-800-730-9887 x 7220

1-800-503-6280 Fax

www.NorthCoastMed.com <http://www.NorthCoastMed.com>     Insurance

Covered Diabetic Testing Supplies

www.GlucosePost.com <http://www.GlucosePost.com>    A Community for

People with Diabetes to Share Stories, Inform, and Support Each Other!

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