[Diabetes-Talk] ta;king pump

[Patricia Maddix]

Jamie,
You are so right and this is a very important point that blind people need the pumps to be totally accessible in all aspects and that giving us the ability to just take a bolus is not adequate.  In fact, right now both the Medtronic pump and the tandem pump have the capabilities to do an audio bolus by using the external button, but this is only one of many procedures that need to be performed on the pump so does not give us independence. We are emphasizing this total accessibility to pump manufactures but we may find that they are able to roll out accessibility features one at a time.
Patricia

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> On May 17, 2022, at 11:47 AM, jamielgurganus at gmail.com wrote:
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> Thanks Patricia!  More important to me is being able to access the cartridge changing part of the app, since the Tandem pumps are not an option for me without it.  Any pump that I need to have sighted assistance to change the cartridge is not an accessible pump to me.  Thanks for everything you are doing to advocate on behalf of us!
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>                Jamie
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>                Jamie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 1:21 PM
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> Cc: Patricia Maddix <pmaddix at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] ta;king pump
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> Dar,
> At this point there still is no pump that talks and can be operated from the phone but we are working hard to advocate for this. The Tandem T slim X2 pump has a mobile app where the status of the pumpkin be viewed and voiceover is able to read aloud most of the information in this app. Supposedly this summer they will be updating that app to allow people to do a bolus from the app but not yet to be able to adjust other settings and access other features from the app.  We do not know yet if this bolus feature will be accessible using voiceover but are keeping our fingers crossed.
> Patricia
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>> On May 16, 2022, at 9:54 AM, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Has anyone learned more on behalf of the talking pump you work with your phone?
>> Just interested.
>> We have a lady who wears a pump and wears a wrap  around so she can get the pump and look at it.
>> I knew that was something we couldn't do just work it with the phone.
>> Dar
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