[Diabetes-Talk] meters

[Sheila]

is sighted help needed to set up the clever choice and how much do 
replacement  items cont? I'm finding this list very enteresting and am 
learning just how much I don't know about this new journey of diabetes.

On 1/13/2021 11:52 AM, gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> The clever choice voice hd is the one that   you want with voice prompts.
> The entire kit with test  strip and meter cost me about $50.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Milton
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 10:31 AM
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> Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
>
> I found this URL to the Clever Voice meter at the following:
>
> https://simplediagnostics.com/blood-glucose-monitors/clever-choice-voice-hd
>
> There was no price mentioned.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Greg
> Wocher via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:17 PM
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> Cc: Greg Wocher <gtwocher at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
>
> 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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