[Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice Accessible User Guides

Sun Mar 15 19:27:18 UTC 2009

Thanks Mike. I'll be sure to let him know that this is the 21st century and
that we, as blind diabetics, are perfectly capable of testing our own blood
sugar. Thus, there is no need for this ridiculous pre-caution be in the user
manual. Besides, they are marketing the Prodigy Voice to blind diabetics,
so, why would they include this anyway?? It's pretty stupid <lol>.

Dave

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From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 6:40 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice Accessible User Guides

Dave:

I find the statement somewhat ludicrous also. However, I suspect you can
blame lawyers for such language. In any event, please feel free to write to
Jerry Munden at DDI at jerrym at prodigymeter.com and let him know your
thoughts. My hunch is that he will be quite receptive to your sentiments.

Mike Freeman

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From: "David Anspach" <danspach at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:16 PM
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
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