[Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps

[Julie Graham]

I'm in the Uk, perhaps they have a release date in mind for here and not in 
the USA?
I won't believe it til I have it in my hand.  a lot of pumps are controlled 
by the blood machine? or a remote, would be so easy for someone who knows 
what they are doing to develop an ap for a device which already has speach 
built into it, like an iphone which can send info via bluetooth and so on.
I'm guessing if an engineer student got their hands on a 2nd hand pump they 
could  sort something no bother.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps


> 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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