[Diabetes-talk] accessible glucommiters

[Vincent Chaney]

Maybe we could ask for Braille for privacy(smiles).

Vinny
Vincent Chaney Jr
NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board of Directors
NFBNJ Diabetes Division President
NJAGDU (NFBNJ Association of Guide Dog Users) Division President
NFBNJ Technology Division Vice President
NFBNJ Resolutions Committee Member
NFBNJ.ORG Webmaster
Mail: vgc732 at optonline.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible glucommiters


Don't you wish meters sent Morse code?

On Nov 2, 2010, at 14:39, Vincent Chaney <vgc732 at optonline.net> wrote:

> Lauren,
>
> An upgrade would likely help. If you require speech, the Prodigy Voice 
> would
> be the unit from Prodigy and not the Autocode, though the Autocode has 
> been
> updated since 2008. I believe there is a repeat in the Autocode today. 
> With
> the Prodigy Voice and the BioSense Solo you are able to change all 
> settings.
> This weekend, for example, those of us who need to alter to standard time
> will be changing our meters back one hour. The Prodigy Voice and the
> BioSense Solo both will give you test results in memory. The Prodigy Voice
> gives you 450 results with the date and time while the Solo is being 
> updated
> from our feedback and a review I had submitted to the BioSense Company.
> Currently the Solo only gives 10 results with the date only. They have 
> said
> this will be expanded in the quantity and will include the time of the 
> test.
> With regards to the speech and your limited hearing, I also have an issue
> with the teen numbers sounding like the ones like thirty, forty, fifty,
> sixty, etc. As all meters are not lab exact, the best thing would be to
> retest as you may get a reading close but not exactly the same. If, in 
> your
> example of 150, you got 145 you would know that your first was likely the
> 150 and not the 115 reading. The only problem would be if the first was 
> 150
> and the second was 140, you may not be sure if you had heard 140 or 
> 114(sad
> face). I have worked with both the Prodigy Voice and the BioSense Solo and
> have had this speech problem. In actuality, I have this issue with my
> talking watch as well and do not have any troubles with my hearing.
> Wishing you the best...
>
> Vinny
> Vincent Chaney Jr
> NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board of Directors
> NFBNJ Diabetes Division President
> NJAGDU (NFBNJ Association of Guide Dog Users) Division President
> NFBNJ Technology Division Vice President
> NFBNJ Resolutions Committee Member
> NFBNJ.ORG Webmaster
> Mail: vgc732 at optonline.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lauren B. Hunter" <nightingale at pcdesk.net>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 4:35 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] accessible glucommiters
>
>
>   Thanks so far for the responses i've received.  i'm not sure which
> prodigy it is, but from what i'm remembering, i've had mine since August
> or September of 2008.  i have also found at times that i get inacuriate
> readings, and for me it helps that i generally know where my levels
> should be.  So if i end up getting something really low or really high,
> i will end up testing again.  my current insurance is Mediacare, it
> sounds like if i upgraded to something newer, that might solve some of
> my problems?
> Lauren
> -- 
>
> "I am responsible when anyone, anywhere
> Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there"
> From the Shattered Fortress by Dream Theater
>
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