[gui-talk] Talking blood pressure unit (Will)

[Mike Freeman]

Laura:

Such a deal I have for you! Go to the pages of the NFB Independence Market, medical devices, and look up the "Prodigy Voice". It's a talking blood glucose meter that's fully accessible. Cost is $75, I think. ILA and others have it also although some charge $90.

The meter has its idiosyncracies (like all blood glucose meters) but once these are mastered, it's a superb unit. I've been using one for over a year and depend upon it every day!

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, Jan 30, 2009 4:04:40
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking blood pressure unit (W)

>
>
> Hey Joel -- welcome back -- I trust that means your surgery went well...
> Now as for talking gauges, does anyone know of an accessible way to test 
> blood sugar? I am not diabetic, but watch my blood sugar as it tends to go 
> way low at times for no reason.
> -comle
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking blood pressure unit (W)
> 
> 
> Will,
> 
> thanks. What I've found so far is that fastening the cuff more loosely than
> the two-fingers-clearance kind of fit will result in weird readings, and so
> what I mean is that learning to get it tight enough but only enough, that's
> what's tricky to do one-handed. But I'm working on it.
> 
> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith at iglou.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking blood pressure unit (W)
> 
> 
> It is a great device for sure!  My main advice is what you have discovered
> on your own.  I might add best readings occur when you are calm, seated,
> with the arm resting palm down on a surface like a table at normal height
> from floor.  I often wait 5 minutes or so and try a second reading.
> Sounds like you have thething figured out pretty well!  Good luck and
> write again if there are questions.
> 
> Will
>   On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Joel Deutsch
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Will,
> >
> > I'd have written you off list with this, but maybe there are subscribers
> > here who might find this informative.
> >
> > I received that model of talking blood pressure device  from Amazon, and a
> > sighted friend helped me by stetting it at the 150 mark to guide it
> > properly.  my blood pressure's regularly been down around 100 over 60
> > lately, thanks to one of the meds I'm taking.
> >
> > I've gotten some pretty wild readings off the thing while learning to use
> > x.pretty high. But I think I've got the cuff adjustment just about right,
> > which is a little tricky if you're alone, as I am, and doing it
> > one-handed.
> >
> > but when I got 98 over 58 this evening, twice in a row, with a pulse rate
> > just a few beats lower than I've been getting at doctors' offices, I
> > figured
> > I'm getting close. Cuff tightness seems to be the most important thing, if
> > I've read the quick start instructions correctly.
> >
> > Do you have any tips from a practiced user? It's a pretty cool device, and
> > I'd like to get a better handle on it and figure out how to estimate its
> > accuracy.
> > .
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
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