Dear Dale:
Thanks for this information. I will investigate further.
I trust that you have made a complete recovery from your fall?
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:51 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Prodegy Autocode Glucometer [was] New Tool Review
Good evening Cliff,
Actually it was Suzy who put me onto the glucometer. Finding a source though
turned out to be more challenging. Many places sell it but most through
insurance companies. The hook is that you are stuck with their test strips. The
next thing was finding someone who will send to Canada. I began buying from
LS&S I think it is called Learning Sight and Sound or something like that but I
can't use their Web site to order from Canada and their toll free number
doesn't cross the boarder and it seems their Fax doesn't work either. Because
they are only open when I work I now find it inconvenient to phone them on
their regular number during my work day. I have just discovered that
Independent Living Aides (ILA) now carry and sell the device to the individual
consumer. There may be others.
The glucometer is the Prodigy Autocode Talking Glucometer made by DDI
(Diagnostic Devices Inc.). It uses only a tiny drop of blood usually taken from
the finger but you can use other body parts just be aware that the capillary
blood in other areas is a little different, I believe the consensus is about
15% but the Autocode is claimed to be useable for that.
There is a slightly older version of the Prodigy Talking Glucometer so be sure
you get the Autocode one. This is important otherwise you will have to enter a
code number off of the container to calibrate the meter and you will need eyes
for that.
This unit is very small, it is not however perfect. There is a series of
settings you can't do when you first set it up and possibly after you change
batteries I am not sure, things like selecting the language, English or
Spanish, which scale it uses, the British and Canadians and probably the rest
of the world use Millimoles per litre The American scale is milligrams per
decalitre, the temperature scale and setting the time. There are some other
modes too and if you miss the announcement there is no way to make it repeat
the display. Janet generally finds something to ask me or a pan to drop on the
floor when the measure is announced.
You will want a bottle of control to test the unit for calibration. Actually
there should be two, don't know why this unit doesn't have that, usually you
test high and low by using control solution of a known value.
There is a cable which does not come with the unit and so far I have not been
able to find anyone who sells it, it is a USB cable and some software to
download up to 450 data samples to a computer. Sighted people can read this
history data off of the screen but one would probably prefer computer download,
I certainly would and will when I find a source for the cable.
For more information try
http://www.diagnosticdevicesinc.com/home.cfm?htmlFlag=1
LS&S is a little cheaper than ILA and it probably will work well enough for you.
Hope this is helpful.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
Dear Dale:
I am just now in the market for a talking glucometer, and when I saw your
comment about a thirty dollar glucometer, my interest was peaked. Could you
give me the name of this meter?
I own an older model which cost ten times that much, but it has developed
problems and I thought I would check around for a more modern unit and
hopefully one which will allow me to avoid sticking the fingers.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
Hi Tom,
Surely there is a more convenient and economical way of doing this than an
outboard synth? I mean, there will have to be some supporting electronics to
drive a serial port already. If a tire gauge can talk for ten bucks and a
glucometer for 30 bucks and a multifunction multimeter for 40 bucks and some of
those clocks for under 20 bucks then how difficult can it be? Certainly there
is a cost/volume issue and I expect he already has quite a bit tied up in
current development and production.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
I've had a reply from Barry Wixey and he seems pretty positive.
His plan would be to add a serial port at a standard baud rate etc.
so folks with speech enabled portable computers, BNS and the like
should have no problem accessing it.
He's a mechanical guy so depends on "chinese electrical engineers'
and is struggling just to pay the bills, so much overhead isn't
desirable
Will keep you all posted as things move along.
Tom
P.S. don't have a BNS or similar, buy a doubletalk LT
I'd push for a setup that'd hook directly to such a synthesizer. cause you
can buy one right now.
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