[Diabetes-talk] Another Talking Glucose Meter

[Milton Ota]

I'm curious to know if the app for th iPhone and Android platforms on 
mobile devices are accessible.

Would sure like to hear more about this meter as it will open up 
another option for us diabetics.

Original message:
> I'm sorry I can't give a good description of the unit, but by pressing the
> "m" key, and the up arrow key, one can hear the last 30 readings spoken,
> indicating date and time.

> I don't know about other features, but it might be useful for some.

> Debbie Human
> mouseless at mindspring.com

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman via Diabetes-Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Another Talking Glucose Meter


>> The Embrace most definitely is FDA 510(k) approved. However, it is, like
>> many talking meters, designed for Medicare folks who may need a bit of
>> reinforcement in order to fix the reading in memory so they can write it
>> down. It does not allow review of memory using speech, nor can it be set
>> up
>> without sighted assistance. In this, it is like the Companion, the Prodigy
>> Autocode, the Clevercheck, etc.

>> I say there are still only *two* fully accessible meters on the market --
>> the Prodigy Voice and the Solus V2 and even the latter only allows review
>> of
>> the last ten readings in memory with speech although the other memories
>> are
>> there. The way to solve this, of course, would be to use a Victor Reader
>> Stream, Booksense or Blaze-EZ or equivalent to note down readings before
>> the
>> ten readings are up. That's what I'm gonna do when my Solus V2 strips come
>> in.

>> Mike Freeman


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Milton Ota via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 11:06 AM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Milton Ota
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Another Talking Glucose Meter

>> I wonder if this meter has been approved by the FDA and how accessible
>> is the app for mobile devices.

>> Original message:
>>> A good friend of mine uses the embrace talking meter, and you can find a
>>> good bit of info for this at

>>> www.omnishealth.com/products/embrace

>>> Debbie Human
>>> mouseless at mindspring.com


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