[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

As far as the NFB "testing" devices, as of now, when it comes to medical
equipment, likely it will rely on a group like DAN to do this. Neither the
NFB or KNFB are in the business of dealing with medical devices. The NFB has
drafted legislation supporting accessibility with medical devices, but last
I knew, it dropped that portion of the bill. A year ago, give or take, HQ
was asking us for personal experiences on the lack of accessibility with
diabetic devices, but I don't know if anything came of this; I've not heard
anything further.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Doula
Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2019 11:24 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Doula Jarboe <doula.jarboe at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

  Here's what I can tell you about my use with the guide.  It says in the
app that you need someone from your clinic to help you set it up.
Which my Diabetes educater did.  She had to enter the code, because I was
too slow and it kept timeing out on me.  As for doing the testing, I've been
able to do it on my own.  Most of the time anyways.  And I'm sure I've lost
Bluetooth connection because I don't carry the meter with me.  But it
records the date and time when I do a reading and it get transerred.  Keep
in mind though, that I am an Android user, so don't know how this will work
with an Iphone.  There were a couple times where it got hung up somewhere
else and didn't automatically do the transfer.  And I did need a sighted
person to fix that for me.  As for the NFB testing things for accessibility,
isn't there a specific committee right now for dealing with medical
equipment?  Also, this is a consumer organization.  If you want something
done, you either have to do it, or talk to the right people to help you do
it.  That's just how it is.

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