[Diabetes-Talk] Use this app to read codes for sensors and other things

Mon Feb 24 13:54:18 UTC 2020

Yes--it is very good--use it for spices you want to use--even snail
mail--based on how much the pic takes you can get an idea of what the mail
is--so many uses

* Dr Denise M Robinson*

*Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*

Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
Impaired
425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we
created them.” --Albert Einstein

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On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 8:03 PM Jeanette Kutash <kutash-jm at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Nice job. Even for me, I have the Freestyle Libre, and I bet I could get
> their code with that lap.
>
> Jeanette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Dr Denise M Robinson via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:37 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Cc: Dr Denise M Robinson
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Use this app to read codes for sensors and other
> things
>
> Text grabber is a great app on phone that can be easily used to read the
> codes you need on your sensors, boxes etc. Had a chance to do a video for
> everyone
> Text grabber app
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnmnE7CWUHg&feature=youtu.be>
>
> * Dr Denise M Robinson*
>
> *Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*
>
> Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
> Impaired
> 425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com
> “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we
> created them.” --Albert Einstein
>
> [image: TechVision Logo]
> “Helping the visually impaired see their world changed through technology”
> "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."
> --Helen Keller
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 1:12 PM Joy Stigile via Diabetes-Talk <
> diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Debbie,
> > I use AIRA to tell me the four digit code numbers on the Dexcom 6
> > sensors.  It is free because it only takes about 20 seconds to have them
> > tell me the code.  Remember the first five minutes are free!
> > Warmly, Joy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> > Debbie Wunder via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 5:19 AM
> > To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: debbiewunder at charter.net
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Cgm
> >
> > Hello, I recently started using the Dexcom 6 and I am loving no finger
> > sticks. I have not been able to be successful with taking a picture of
> the
> > code for insertion. Do any of you have any tips?
> >
> > Debbie Wunder
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> > Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 4:00 PM
> > To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Cgm
> >
> > No worries. When I received my first iPhone, I thought I would hate it.
> > Now, I use it daily for everything from texting to social media to
> shopping
> > to creating documents, email and more. As someone who doesn't have a
> great
> > track record with technology and hates learning new tech, I find Apple
> > products to be a bit intuitive and user friendly. Voiceover is quite
> easy,
> > in my opinion, and once you acclimate to navigating with it, it becomes
> > second nature. I used to be sighted, no visual impairment at all. After a
> > virus, I became blind and had useable vision for a time, but am now
> > essentially totally blind, only having light perception and can "see"
> > shadows, which does not let me do things visually. It took a minute to
> > adjust to using screenreaders, but now, I rely on products like JAWS and
> > Voiceover for emails like this to the work I do. Anyway, just some
> > encouragement as you learn to use screenreading software.
> >
> > Bridgit
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Diana
> > Cook via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:03 PM
> > To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Diana Cook <diana56cook at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Cgm
> >
> > Yes Bridget, I have some vision in one eye. I have not learned voiceover
> > successfully yet. I do not keep iPhone with me at all times. Wish they
> made
> > a Velcro jacket..lol! Take care! Diana cook
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Feb 19, 2020, at 13:38, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via
> Diabetes-Talk <
> > diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Diana,
> > >
> > > Are you using the receiver to access Dexcom? I assume you have some
> > useable vision. If using voiceover, the app is accessible with G5 and G6.
> > But I can't speak to what it is like if using residual vision without
> > voiceover.
> > >
> > > Bridgit
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> > > Diana Cook via Diabetes-Talk
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 12:28 PM
> > > To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > > Cc: Diana Cook <diana56cook at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Cgm
> > >
> > > Bridget..guess I had better step out of my comfort zone and try iPhone
> > > method! Thanks! Diana
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > >> On Feb 14, 2020, at 21:57, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via
> Diabetes-Talk
> > <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Yes, for us voiceover users, both G5 and G6 are the same and read
> just
> > fine.
> > >>
> > >> Bridgit
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> > >> Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
> > >> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2020 8:02 PM
> > >> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > >> Cc: Jamie Gurganus <jamielgurganus at gmail.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Cgm
> > >>
> > >> Diana,
> > >>
> > >> What is harder for you to see? Are you using the mobile app on your
> > phone as the receiver? Both the G5 and G6 Mobile apps work on your iPhone
> > and can be read using voice over. I am totally blind, so I can’t speak
> for
> > how well the app looks to someone with low vision though.
> > >>
> > >>   Jamie
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>
> > >>>> On Feb 14, 2020, at 6:09 PM, Diana Cook via Diabetes-Talk <
> > diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> 
> > >>> I have had dexcom g5...just got g6...very disappointed. I think it’s
> > >>> muck harder to see. I talked with my Medtronic pump rep;he said they
> > >>> have a cgm that communicates with pump but is not covered by
> > >>> Medicare yet. Hopefully this year! Diana cook Sent from my iPad
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