[Diabetes-talk] SoloMeter Questions

[Mike Freeman]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan" <keysjd at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] SoloMeter Questions


> Hello Mike,
> Thanks loads for the info. Much appreciated.
> Dan
> On May 12, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:
>
>> Dan:
>>
>> The Solo meter is better than the Prodigy Voice at giving an error 
>> indication if too little blood is sucked up by the strip. Whereas with 
>> the Prodigy Voice, one must take a second reading to determine if what 
>> seems like an anomalous reading is just that or whether one's blood sugar 
>> is as low as the mneter indicates, the Solo V2 tends either to give a 
>> plausible reading, give you an error message or flat-out tell you that 
>> you didn't get enough blood on the strip. On the other hand, you'd have 
>> to take a second reading most of the time anyway so while the Solo may 
>> cut down on frustration a bit, the practical outcome is that most of the 
>> time, you'd have to do the same thing (take a second reading) no matter 
>> which meter you used.
>>
>> The Solo has a much nicer case than does the Prodigy Voice -- the Solo 
>> case is rigid and there's a place for lancets, lancet device, strips and 
>> meter and even control solution.
>>
>> On the other hand, the Solo has the drawback that it has no "Say Display" 
>> key to repeat whatever is on the display. This means that in order to 
>> hear the reading you've just taken, you must pull out the strip and go 
>> back into Memory Mode to hear the reading. In addition, when reviewing 
>> readings in memory (or hearing the reading that you've just taken after 
>> lancing your finger), the time of the reading is not voiced even though 
>> it is on the print display and even though the *date* of readings in 
>> memory is spoken. To my mind, this is a serious, nay nearly fatal, 
>> drawback to the Solo in that I keep a written log of my readings with 
>> date/time as well as value of readings and don't always have a chance to 
>> write down the reading immediately.
>>
>> On the other hand, the Solo allows you to flag a reading as being either 
>> before or after a meal or leave it unflagged and one can set an alarm to 
>> tell you when next to test although in truth I can see little need for 
>> such a feature.
>>
>> According to two people whom I trust, the Solo software to download 
>> readings to a computer is *not* accessible with either JAWS or Window 
>> Eyes, this despite claims of some to the contrary. The Prodigy Voice 
>> software is also not acccessible.
>>
>> And the Prodigy Voice case pulls a hard vacuum; I use a different case 
>> with it.
>>
>> Bottom line: while there's mush about the Solo V2 to like, I'd still go 
>> with the prodigy Voice in that there is a Say Display key and one hears 
>> the date/time of every reading in memory. Wish the Prodigy Voice would 
>> say the date/time as the reading was being taken, though (it does say it 
>> when it is turned on).
>>
>> HTH!
>>
>> Mike Freeman, President
>> Diabetes Action Network
>> National Federation of the Blind
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <keysjd at comcast.net>
>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:07 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] SoloMeter Questions
>>
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>> I've been away from the list for a while.
>>> I am now getting ready to purchase the SoloMeter. I just wanted to get 
>>> some opinions on what people think about it. Also, is it covered under 
>>> Medicare and other primary insurance?
>>> TIA
>>> Dan
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