[Diabetes-talk] iBGStar

[eileen scrivani]

Hi Gregory,

Just wondering if you  are using the IBG meter as a totally blind person or 
with some level of vision?  I am tempted to give it a try since I'm getting 
a bit fed up with the Solus and had in the past used Prodigey and not 
terribly impressed with that one either.

I believe it is the way of all these medical/pharmaceuticle type companies 
not to respond to any input or suggestions on improvements.  I have been 
pump shopping and with all the companies I have talked with, none can tell 
me why they don't, can't, won't build in any level of better accessibility 
for those diabetics who have lost vision.  When I ask the reps if they have 
any input with higher ups in their companies the standard response to that 
runs along the lines of "I don't get paid enough," or "I'm the low man on 
the ...."  It is a very discouraging situation.

Eileen


-----Original Message----- 
From: Gregory D. Rosenberg
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:54 PM
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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