[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

[d m gina]

On the meter I have there are no buttons, just a one time reading, and 
loud loll.
I got it from amazon.
I don't use it often because of how loud it is.
I stick with the one I got years ago, when Mike was still with us.
It was the first meter I got after the monster one I had.
Just interesting for me to know what is out there.
Now if I could get Edd to call me back from calls I made to him maybe 
we can figure out with what I am using now how to reset it so the 
meters will be closer in numbers.
Was out at a restaurant last night, and must say it was wonderful to 
read the numbers where no one knew what was happening.
And I didn't have to stick my fingers.
Just wanted to share.

Original message:
> You adjust the volume in the settings. It does not come with ear buds, 
> but you can plug your own in the jack that's at the bottom of the meter.

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> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m 
> gina via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2019 2:09 PM
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> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

> 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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