[Diabetes-talk] iBGStar

[Mike Freeman]

Interesting.

Does the meter itself require much set-up before being plugged into the
iPhone or does it get its settings (date/time and units) from the iBGStar
app?

Also, how is the system re alerting one to the insufficiency of blood versus
simply giving erroneous readings?

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Gregory D. Rosenberg
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:54 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] iBGStar

Good morning everyone,

I bought an iBGStar shortly after it came to market. It works OK and is
fairly accessible. They have some room for improvement. I have big hands and
their strips are smaller than most. So when I drop on on the kitchen table
it is a bit harder to pick up. As a software developer I have higher
expectations than many other users since I know in my mind how would would
have coded their app. It is a little better than good. I have sent them
feedback, but have not received any reply to my emails showing interest on
their part.

On Jan 22, 2014, at 22:24 CST, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> 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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