[Diabetes-talk] iBGStar

[Alan Lemly]

Well, at least their app upgrade seems to be improving accessibility.

The iPhone with its built-in VoiceOver and its power just seems like a
natural for monitoring blood glucose readings. As I've thought about
this more during the day, maybe its not the best because if the meter
sending the reading to the phone doesn't speak, the delay to go fetch
the score from the phone after it's transmitted via bluetooth to the
phone might be prohibitive.

The Wahoo Balance scale and how it works just seems so easy but
fetching your weight is a whole lot different from getting a quick
blood glucose reading.

Alan

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From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:24 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] iBGStar

An update:



I hadn't looked at the iBGStar app from Sanofi-Aventis since early this
fall. An update was released in December, 2013, which resolved a bunch of
problems such that the app would work with iOS versions from 3 on and
iPhones from the 3GS to the iPhone 5C and 5S. Although I haven't read clear
through the documentation yet and won't get a chance to do so until after
Washington Seminar, it appears that this version of the app, though awkward
(one must double-tap buttons labeled with numbers to enter values), is
accessible using VoiceOver. This is a vast improvement on the version of the
app Veronica Elsea and I tested early this past fall. So when I get back
from DC, I may purchase the meter and some test strips and give the app a
go.



One can enter bg readings, insulin and carbs into the app's database using
these number buttons, as I say, though exactly how it all fits together
won't be clear to me until I read through the documentation.



Some cautions: it is not clear to me that a blind person can set up the
meter that talks to the iBGStar app independently, i.e., set its date/time,
pair up the Bluetooth connection with the iPhone, etc. I do not immediately
see a way to do any of this from the iPhone app and this makes sense; the
app only works with the meter once the iPhone is paired with it.



This isn't exactly an accessible insulin pump but it has some possibilities
for Alan although, as I say, I'd bet the meter itself could not be set up by
a blind person which would negate the usefulness of the system unless one
wished to use the iBGStar app only to record one's log.



Mike Freeman



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