[Diabetes-talk] Fora V20 Talking Meter

[d m gina]

If this information would help others who are blind in your area, I 
would say go for the podcast.
Glad you like to research and learn.

Original message:
> Hello, Dar,
> Don't feel bad about not knowing what to do for someone out of the
> States. I talked with the Swiss office of Fora yesterday and the kind
> gentleman told me he didn't know where Albania was. And he's in Europe!
> I started contacting this company because I read on the American
> Foundation for the Blind website that the Fora V20 is an accessible
> meter. I talked with both a Fora representative in the States and the
> one in Switzerland who directed my attention to newer meters which,
> from reading their manuals, I found not to be accessible, as not all
> functions speak. From the manual it looks as if the Fora V20 is,
> indeed, an accessible meter, seems to be a copy of the Prodigy Voice.
> The improvement over my older model of the Prodigy Voice with the Fora
> V20 seems only to be that a test with too little blood, which gives a
> message of less than 20 milligrams per deciliter, does not get averaged
> in. I shall soon know if the newer model of the Prodigy Voice has this
> improvement, as DDI is sending me an upgrade. I plan to talk to the
> Fora people today to show them how they can know the difference between
> a meter with speech and an accessible meter with speech. At leas they
> won't be directing blind people to inaccessible meters. To be fair to
> them, though, the manual for the D30, Fora's newest meter with both
> blood glucose and blood pressure clearly says that though some of the
> functions speak, the unit is not intended for use by the blind or
> visually impaired.
> Well, I'll keep you all posted on my research into accessible
> glucometers. I'm thinking of doing a podcast on this. What do you all think?
> Dotty Martin

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