[Diabetes-Talk] meters

[Greg Wocher]

Hello,
There is also the Clever Choice Voice HD meter. It requires a bit less blood than the Prodigy. It is also completely accessible like the Prodigy. 

Greg Wocher


> On Jan 13, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Sandi Ryan via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I haven't noted that anyone is touting anything. And I'm glad you get
> excellent readings from your Prodigy, but I have had problems, and so have
> others. I went to using a One-Touch Verio about four years back. I have to
> have sighted help with it, but I do all the work and my husband reads the
> result. It's not accessible, and not the best answer, but it works for me
> far better than the prodigy.
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, the Prodigy requires more blood than many of the more
> current meters. That might be a reason to upgrade and update it. And there
> may be others. But no one is trying to take your prodigy away, we're just
> discussing other things that are out there with their pros and cons. Your
> mention that the app with the newer one gets a 1 rating would certainly give
> me pause!
> 
> Sandi
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Alan
> Lemly via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:10 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Alan Lemly <walemly at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
> 
> Well, I've had no problem with the quality of my Prodigy meter and I'm much
> more interested in a meter's accessibility than where it shows up in reviews
> by most who are not concerned with accessibility. And I'm curious what sort
> of updates you expect for a meter that does what it's designed to do and is
> fully accessible. I've been using glucose meters for years and I don't
> recall any of them getting updated like a smart phone or smart phone app. It
> would be nice to have a meter that could transfer its readings to a
> well-designed app that was fully accessible and allow review of past scores
> as well as transfer of those scores to medical professionals. I see that the
> ReliOn that you're touting has an app but 70% of its reviewers give it one
> star so it has problems. I like that I can upload my Prodigy Autocode
> readings to Diasend where I can print the reports my endocrinologist needs.
> 
> Alan Lemly
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Dorothea Martin via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:04 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Dorothea Martin
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
> 
> Hello, Ed and Everyone,
> To go on with what Ed said, the ReliOn Pro Voice is easily available though
> hardly as accessible as the Prodigy Voice. However, accessibility is not the
> whole story, since the quality of the meter itself must be considered. The
> ReliOn meters show up near the top of reviews, while Prodigy courts the
> bottom. We must also keep in mind that the Prodigy meters, including the
> Voice, have not been updated in years and are getting long in the tooth. I'm
> beginning to think that if we must continue to use those inexpensive little
> glucometers with small memories, we will also keep on having to face a
> trade-off between the device's actual quality as a meter and its
> accessibility.
> Dotty Martin
> 
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