[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

Sat Jan 12 22:11:00 UTC 2019

Those meters need improvement; specifically read the time stamp from the
phone and record it in the meter if the phone and meter are paired.

On Sat, 12 Jan 2019, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:55:16
> From: Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.
>
> Wow! If losing blue tooth causes the time to have to be reset, that could
> get messy given how often blue tooth can drop. I wonder what would happene
> if you shut the phone off or shut the app down and restarted. So close, yet
> so far. Familiar story.
> Veronica
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Jude DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 1:47 PM
> To: Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk
> Cc: Jude DaShiell
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.
>
> If it's a conventional bluetooth pairing the code will come up on the
> phone but it's a little hard to read since Voiceover shows the code
> silently and you have to move a finger over the code to make the message
> read out.  That's normal for all of the older bluetooth devices that
> aren't nfc devices.  With the nfc devices if I have read correctly the
> two devices just pair without any need to enter a code.
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019, Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 11:17:15
> > From: Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Eileen Scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Just an update. I called Accu Chek customer service yesterday to ask about
> the Guide glucose meter. It seems that in setting up the meter sighted
> assistance is a requirement. During set up there is a code that would need
> to be entered on your smart phone for pairing it through blue tooth. The
> code displays on the meter and needs to be entered on the smart phone. Then
> there is also the date and time that needs to be manually entered. If setup
> was a one time item I suppose this would not be too difficult to get done,
> but there seem to be other instances when items may need to be reset.
> >
> > Apparently, there are 2 apps that work with Accu Chek meters/devices. One
> is called ?Accu Chek Connect? which is specifically for Accu Chek brand
> products only. The second app is called Sugar which is some kind of generic
> app that if I understood the rep correctly works with a variety of meters.
> So depending on what app is being used accessibility may vary or be
> non-existent. It was the Connect app I downloaded to my phone the other day
> and at first glance seemed to work well, but that was without a meter being
> paired to my phone.
> >
> > He also told me that while the meter sincs with the smart device, if the
> blue tooth connection is lost or dropped then the date and time would need
> to be re-entered. He could not wrap his head around the fact that there was
> a talking option so I tried explaining that it is a function of the smart
> phone, not their meters. I still have questions about how well it would work
> with a smart phone just because in dealing with people who are inexperienced
> in issues of blindness the facts get blurred and confused because the
> sightlings get hung up on how we do work-arounds to getting tasks done
> <LOL>.
> >
> > That?s it for now.
> >
> > Eileen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 2:32 PM
> > To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> > Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.
> >
> > Eileen,
> >
> > Yes, please let us know what you find out.
> >
> > 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 12:58 PM
> > To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Eileen Scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.
> >
> > Hi Bridgett,
> >
> > I?m in the same boat as you. I live alone and even though there is family
> that I can ask to come over, I hate having to take that course of action.
> >
> > If there is anyway I can do things on my own its always the preferred, and
> faster way around things. Just remember I based my comments about the
> glucose meter on the video from YouTube. it might be that the app would
> allow us to do a setup and adjust date & times, but without having both the
> meter & app to try out together with VoiceOver or whatever screen reader you
> would use, there is no way of knowing with certainty. If I can locate a
> customer service number for Roache I will try calling to ask more questions
> about it.
> >
> > Eileen
> > From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 1:09 PM
> > To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> > Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> > 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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