[Diabetes-Talk] meters

[Patricia Maddix]

So it sounds like this meter has a companion app for your phone but that you have to manually send it from the meter to the phone, right? So do you know if it transfers this information via Bluetooth or connect to a cloud service using Wi-Fi. Then, is the app accessible using voiceover or talk back To hear your test results?
Patricia

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> On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:04 AM, Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>     When I do need a meter, I use the akuchek guide.  I needed sighted
> assistance to set it up, and occasionally for getting the information to
> transfer to the app on my phone.  But, it's a lot easier to get a test since
> it doesn't require as much blood as something like the Prodigy.  And the
> intake slot on the strip isn't nearly as tricky for me at least.  Besides
> the transferring issue I run into sometimes, the beeps that communicate that
> the strip is ready, and that it's taken the blood are a little soft.
> Overall though, I've done better with it than I did with the Prodigy.
> Doula
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sandi
> Ryan via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:10 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: sjryan2 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
> 
> 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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