[Diabetes-Talk] re question on a good accessible ap for tracking exercises like walking on treadmill, bicycling and that sort of stuff

[Sandi Ryan]

Hi Gary,

I wear an Apple Watch, which has many functions and spills information
directly into your iPhone (or, I assume, iPad). It's kind of expensive
upfront, but I've had mine nearly two years, and have never regretted buying
it. In my opinion, the thing that makes the Apple Watch better than the
FitBit (my husband has one of those) is that the Apple Watch speaks
everything using Voiceover. With the FitBit, at least the last time I used
one, you had to get it to sync with and dump everything into the app on your
phone, then read it from there. My husband has problems periodically with
his FitBit not syncing properly, and loses data for days. The Apple Watch
gives you certain information--you can even get it from the watch face if
you choose the right face. And it contains several apps that help you track
things, such as activity, your heart rate, and workouts, and you can have it
remind you to breathe if you want to practice deep breathing. Information
from the watch is automatically synced with the phone, and you can get even
more information about your day from the phone's Health app. The first
generation watch (which is what I have) now sells for about $200, and the
new Generation II watch, which has some added features--but not enough to
make me buy it, is $369. The older model is similarly priced to the FitBit
Blaze.

The watch face I'm using provides the day/date, time, calendar, local
temperature, fitness info (movement, exercise and hours during which I've
stood), and sunrise/sunset time. 

Anyway, I hope this is enough information about the watch to help with your
decision about a tracker. 

Sandi

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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] re question on a good accessible ap for tracking
exercises like walking on treadmill, bicycling and that sort of stuff

Hello I would like to know if there  are any good aps for tracking number of
steps traveled , number of calories burned and that sort of stuf on I OS.
It needs to be accessible to voice over. If there  are any recommendations
on this , I would truly appreciate it.  

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