[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

Sun Jan 13 21:13:21 UTC 2019

If it's a Prodigy Voice, it should have three buttons on the bottom, and an up and down arrow on the right. I don't remember what a Prodigy Autocode looks like, but I don't recall it being terribly different. Perhaps we are talking about different meters?

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2019 2:57 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

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.

> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> 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

>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Diabetes-Talk mailing list
>>> Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>>> for
>>> Diabetes-Talk:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/sheila.le
>>> i
>>> g
>>> land%40gmail.com

>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Diabetes-Talk mailing list
>>> Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>>> for
>>> Diabetes-Talk:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40
>>> m
>>> y
>>> sero.net

>> --
>> --Dar
>> skype: dmgina23
>>   FB: dmgina
>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>> every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
>> _______________________________________________
>> Diabetes-Talk mailing list
>> Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Diabetes-Talk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/bpollpeter
>> %
>> 40hotmail.com

>> _______________________________________________
>> Diabetes-Talk mailing list
>> Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Diabetes-Talk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40m
>> y
>> sero.net

> --
> --Dar
> skype: dmgina23
>   FB: dmgina
> www.twitter.com/dmgina
> every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
> _______________________________________________
> Diabetes-Talk mailing list
> Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Diabetes-Talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/bpollpeter%
> 40hotmail.com

> _______________________________________________
> Diabetes-Talk mailing list
> Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Diabetes-Talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40my
> sero.net

--
--Dar
skype: dmgina23
  FB: dmgina
www.twitter.com/dmgina
every saint has a past
every sinner has a future
_______________________________________________
Diabetes-Talk mailing list
Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Diabetes-Talk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/bpollpeter%40hotmail.com