[Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice comments

[Chanelle Allen]

One thing I have done to obtain my Prodigy's serial number is to use a 
scanner with OCR. I lay the meter with the buttons up on the scanner. I 
think that I might have gotten away with scanning just the battery case 
once, but I'm not sure. Openbook will read the number with lots of other 
characters. Kurzweil might be better. Perhaps some of the cameras such as 
the Pearl or KNFB reader would work too.
Hope this helps.
Chanelle

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From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:24 AM
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice comments

> Some may consider me harsh for saying this but the Prodigy tech person is 
> probably correct in that the voice is digitized human speech so new 
> firmware would be required and since no provision has been made for 
> dynamically updating the firmware, this means a new meter which IMO is 
> highly unlikely. Dr. Jernigan would probably tell us it was up to us to 
> get it read (see Why the NFB). Blindness is a nuisance.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:55, "Debbie" <mouseless at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Seems like something like "pen friend" or similar device could be used. 
>> Barring that, have the info sent from the manufacturer to a service like 
>> http://www.braille.org to send out the serial number in Braille-or 
>> recorded method, as appropriate!
>>
>> The most challenging thing for me, as a totally blind person, is to get 
>> serial numbers read.
>>
>> Debbie
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Sanchez" 
>> <albertsanchez at suddenlink.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:14 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice comments
>>
>>
>>> Hello List
>>> I have been using a Prodigy Voice glucometer for the last several years 
>>> and am quite pleased with it. I recently had a need to find the meters 
>>> serial number which is on the back. Since both my wife and I are totally 
>>> blind I had to wait until I could get sighted assistance in finding that 
>>> number and it occurred to me that since I can get an audible "readout" 
>>> of the serial number from my Digital Talking Book player and my VR 
>>> Stream, would it be possible to get that type of information built in to 
>>> the "Voice"? I called Prodigy Tech Support with that idea. I was told by 
>>> their representative that "if it happened at all, it would be a long 
>>> time before it would be implemented. The reason for the importance of 
>>> the Serial Number is that some software to download your readings from 
>>> the meter to the computer requires the meters serial number.
>>>
>>> Am I the only one who wonders about this, or are their others on list 
>>> with input into this discussion question.
>>>
>>> Yours Cordially
>>> Albert Sanchez
>>>
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