[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

[d m gina]

Get the prodigy meter from amazon.
Sadly it doesn't have the ear phone it used to have years ago.
Easy to use, put in a strip stick finger and it will read the numbers 
to you out loud.

Original message:
> what meter do you use. I don't want a meter that I need sighted help 
> with because it isn't practical


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 11:10 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

> Eileen,

> Good to know. Thanks for sharing what you found. This is not a 
> criticism, but some of us don't want to have, or can't have, sighted 
> assistance for things, so, it's good to know what can and cannot be 
> done completely nonvisually. Both my husband and I are blind and don't 
> see sighted people like family who can help with daily stuff like this 
> on a regular basis. So for me, choosing a meter that requires some 
> sighted assistance is probably not the way to go. But it does seem like 
> a potential option, which is good.

> Bridgit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 10:09 AM
> To: NFB Diabetes Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Eileen Scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

> Hi All,

> I looked up the Accu Chek Guide this morning and I am questioning if 
> someone with no vision would be able to use the meter. The item that is 
> making me question its usability is when asked for date & time in the 
> setup. I was watching a YouTube video and it showed the meter’s set up. 
> However the set up was not done with a blue tooth connection to a smart 
> device. Its just one of those small little details that could hang up 
> the whole usability of the meter by a person who is blind and who does 
> not have sighted assistance to help out. If it’s a matter of setting 
> date once and then the meter would retain the date & time values and 
> account for day light savings changes that could be worked around, but 
> would become more of a issue if the date & time values needed to be 
> manually re-entered say with each battery change &/or day light 
> savings. The other question is also if these settings would be 
> adjustable through an app.

> I also looked in the app store and the only app I could locate for Accu 
> Chek was “Accu Chek Connect”. I’m not sure if this is the same app that 
> will work with the Guide meter. I did download the Connect app to my 
> IPhone and the first 2 or so screens did seem to read, but without 
> having a meter to test it out thoroughly, its impossible for me to be 
> 100% sure. If I can get a free meter and sample test strips I’m willing 
> to give it a try. I just don’t want to have to purchase a large 
> quantity of strips to findout it has problems that can’t be worked around.

> Eileen


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