[Diabetes-Talk] Accu Chek Guide.

[Jude DaShiell]

If D.A.N. doesn't have working familiarity with VoiceOver and TalkBack,
and an accessibility specialist on staff, we're on our own. On Mon, 14 Jan
2019, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:32:04
> From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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.
>
> 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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