[Diabetes-talk] App for iPhone and Glumonitor

[Veronica Elsea]

Actually, you are not nuts Mike. I did try to play with the iBGstar in an
exhibit hall and I couldn't get VoiceOver to do anything. I couldn't get it
to find the section which contained the readings from the meter at all. It
read some numbers but there was no way to figure out what the numbers were.
Now granted, I didn't spend a long time with the app, but my first
impression was definitely not good. The rep from the company had no idea
about VoiceOver at all. The meter itself is sure tiny though. But the first
thing I thought when I heard about this meter was oh man! I'd sure hate to
get one of those finger sticks that was a major bleeder and get blood on my
iPhone. <grin> 
But given a choice, I actually agree with you Mike. Give me a fast quick way
to get my number so I can get on with life. There are many things I like
about my iPhone but I'm not sure I want to sit there, swipe and fool around,
hoping I find my number. Now, if it comes down to this being the only way to
get some sort of remote for a pump, I'll jump at it. But this app isn't
ready for us yet, in my short review of it.
Veronica

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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Freeman
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 9:15 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] App for iPhone and Glumonitor

Milton: 
I believe the app is called iBGStar and on cursory examination, it appears
as if the app should work with VoiceOver. However, I wasn't able to make the
menus work using VoiceOver gestures. I haven't tried to purchase the meter
that's supposed to work with the app but my impression is that there are
still some FDA 510(k) problems though I could be wrong. I find the iPhone
rather cumbersome for handling diabetes data. 
Veronica Elsea will tell me I am nuts. (grin) 
I know we are always hoping for easy solutions but they ain't here yet. 

Mike Freeman


On May 6, 2013, at 8:33, Milton Ota <mota1252 at samobile.net> wrote:

> Someone has told me that there is an app for the iPhone that will work
with a glumonitor to test blood and that it is much faster and doesn't take
much blood on the test strip.
> 
> Has anyone heard of such a thing and does it work well using voiceover?
> 
> Please give info on name and if you know the vendor and cost as well. In
other words any information will be helpful.
> 
> Thanks in advance for help.
> 
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