[Diabetes-Talk] using insulin pumps

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

No, using AIRA or Be My Eyes or Facetime don't work with current pumps
because of the glare and how the icons are layed out. I've tried it as have
others here.

Plus, I bolus several times a day, and it would take up a lot of minutes for
the number of times I use my pump in a day in addition to any other uses for
AIRA. Pump users would burn through AIRA minutes quickly. And not everyone
can afford that.

I prefer to use AIRA for things I truly cannot not do on my own; like access
all the hard-copy print paperwork that comes every day in my son's backpack;
or learning what my surrounding landmarks are when in new areas that I would
not be able to discern from a distance. Things of that nature. To each his
own though.

But again, currently, it doesn't work well to use AIRA to have help
accessing insulin pumps.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Paul
Magill via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:30 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Paul Magill <magills at bigpond.com>
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] using insulin pumps

 

Hi all,

 

All I know about insulin pumps is what I have read on this list, but may I
make a suggestion re using the touch screen controller:

 

Would it help to use the Aira service to have an agent tell you where the
appropriate control is, so you can press it.

 

https://aira.io/

 

Regards,

Paul from Australia

 

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