[Diabetes-Talk] Be My Eyes and Accessible Pharmacy Seminar

[Patricia Maddix]

I was not able to listen to this webinar but it sounds like they didn’t even demonstrate the Prodigy voice model that is completely accessible to blind people.
Patricia

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> On Feb 12, 2021, at 5:24 PM, Alan Lemly via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dotty,
> 
> I have to totally agree with your comments. I'm not sure their goal was
> obfuscation but whenever the primary intent is to sell a product or service,
> obfuscation will certainly be part of the process. This meeting was clearly
> not designed for the blind community except to garner additional customers.
> And they clearly weren't interested in answering any questions about how the
> blind community actually use Prodigy meters. It would be so nice if someone
> explaining something would consult with a blind person to provide the best
> words to use to communicate with a blind audience. That Prodigy rep could
> have done a much better job of describing how to insert a test strip
> properly had she not been sighted.
> 
> And they clearly weren't going to answer any questions that would make their
> products seem undesirable. I posted a question about getting a reading of
> 297 on my Prodigy Autocode this morning followed by a reading a few seconds
> later of 239 on my Prodigy Voice or a difference of 58 points. They did talk
> about the lack of use of control solution but then did not explain how to
> actually use it and its purpose in verifying the validity of your test
> results. I realize I probably should already know about control solution and
> how to use it but I'm one of the guilty ones they referenced about this lack
> of use. I had to go find a Prodigy Autocode user guide and read how to use
> control solution. But the short answer is that sighted help is needed
> because you have to compare the result the meter gives you in the control
> solution test with some tabular values provided on the container of test
> strips. I believe the short answer to my situation is that my Prodigy
> Autocode is ready for the trash can. Too bad I didn't get the details on how
> to get one of their free ones. Fortunately, I have an extra one that came
> from somewhere that I've never used and I have a sighted brother that can
> help me set it up. I still like the Autocode because I can upload its
> readings to Diasend for printing reports for my doctor. However, I can't
> caution folks enough to get a meter that provides accurate results. I had a
> low blood sugar incident during last night's sleep because of a high reading
> before bed that I suspect was many points higher than my actual blood
> glucose level. I woke and the muscles in my legs weren't actually working
> right due to this low but fortunately I was able to get to the refrigerator
> for some orange juice.
> 
> I appreciate all the helpful comments folks are providing here about getting
> an accessible meter that provides accurate results. 
> 
> Alan Lemly
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Dorothea Martin via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 1:40 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Dorothea Martin
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Be My Eyes and Accessible Pharmacy Seminar
> 
> Hello, Everyone,
> I don't usually pan events but I must tell everyone who missed this seminar
> that it was a marvelous feat of obfuscation. You would expect that people
> from Be My Eyes would have given some indication of the currently
> inaccessible devices they are learning to help us with, but nothing doing.
> They just praised Prodigy and Accessible Pharmacy. I expected that the
> people from Prodigy would say something about some upcoming version of their
> accessible meter, but if there is to be one, we still haven't heard about it
> even after the seminar. Then, they avoided the question of how to get blood
> onto the test strip, though it appeared in the chat more than once. Finally,
> about the advertisement of a free accessible meter to those who attended the
> seminar, guess what? They are offering us a free AAdvocate No-Code meter, a
> device about as accessible as other semi-accessibles. What one? Oh, and I
> almost forgot. The question of Prodigy's low accuracy ratings was never
> mentioned? Skating, anyone? I know where you can rent some ice skates cheap.
> Dotty Martin
> 
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