[Diabetes-Talk] meters

Fri Jan 29 18:12:58 UTC 2021

Hello Mary I waste a lot of tests strips with the prodigy I have 2 of them and they bot take a lot of blood so I decided to try a different meter and see how that works. 

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician

Ham call K5FPT

From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mary Davis via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 7:37 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Mary Davis <mdavisforalternatives at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

Hello, I very much favor my Prodigy Voice. I know from others I have contact with, they will support a talking meter that is covered through there insurance. I am not sure which do and which don't, but I would definately put forth the money out of my pocket for another Prodigy Voice, I think, primarily because it voices all options and so far, my blood sugar levels have compared to my A 1 C. 
Mary 

----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Wocher via Diabetes-Talk 
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind 
Date: Friday, January 29, 2021 05:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

Hello,
I have used the clever choice voice HD and it works well. It will allow a blind person to set it up accessibly. The Walmart one will let you hear the reading but that is it. I am not sure about the third one that was mentioned.

Greg Wocher

> On Jan 28, 2021, at 5:31 PM, Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> 
> I am looking at purchasing 3 different meters the relion the Clever choice
> or the Advocare meter Could I get some feed back about any of all of these
> choices please before I purchase them?
> 
> Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
> Ham call K5FPT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk On Behalf Of Greg
> Wocher via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 10:17 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind 
> Cc: Greg Wocher 
> 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
> 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 On Behalf Of 
>> Alan Lemly via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:10 AM
>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' 
>> Cc: Alan Lemly 
>> 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 <mailto: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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