[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

[d m gina]

Wow the new one that I got several years ago is quite loud.
There is no plug to plug anything in.
I always say I need a microphone to share what my numbers are.
The first one I got has the volume control and much more.

Original message:
> You can still use ear buds with the Prodigy. There's a jack to plug it 
> into towards the bottom of the meter.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m 
> gina via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 12:31 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

> 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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