[Diabetes-Talk] meters

Thu Jan 14 11:29:48 UTC 2021

Hello,
No you do not need sighted help to set up the Clever Choice meter. It is fully accessible. Strips are about $10 to $12 a bottle. You can find the strips on Amazon.

Greg Wocher

> On Jan 13, 2021, at 11:43 PM, Sheila via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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