[Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

One, I've not heard anything about this pump, nor has my nurse educator,
who I work closely with on this topic. And two, consider various
products created with the blind in mind. Most these products are
developed by sighted people without ever involving blind people in the
creation and development stages. And what a sighted person deems as
accessible is usually far from being truly accessible. Prodigy didn't
have a completely accessible meter at first; it took a couple of trys
before the current version hit the market.

And any products like this will require FDA approval, and this can take
years. I wouldn't trust any company claiming a release date unless they
state it already has the approval, but even then...

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie Graham
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:13 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps


Vapor ware?  you don't believe these companies will release a talking or

accessible pump?  i'm not too sure about the prodigy one but i've been
told 
about the Roche INSIGHT pump by my DSN and by the Roche rep for this
area. 
Perhaps it won't talk but I was told they were working on something to
be 
released next year which was designed with blind people in mind
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps


>I consider all the examples you cite below complete vapor ware. More 
>later.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> On Jun 23, 2013, at 7:58, "Julie Graham" <orvil_7 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I've only just joined this mailing list and was wondering if anyone 
>> had
>> any info on the IQ pump by prodigy?  when it's to be released or how
it 
>> works?  Also Roche are to release a new pump in 2014 which has been 
>> designed with the blind and partially sighted in mind or so i'm told.
>>
>> Driving me crazy when I get no answer from the companies.
>>
>> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Julie Graham
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