aMeasurement is with the meter placed on top of the Mini-Digi-Voice.

Off-the-Shelf Blood Glucose Meters

Code key calibration: One Touch Ultra: No; Accu-Chek Advantage: Yes; FreeStyle: No; Prestige IQ: No; Sof-Tact: Yes, Blood sample size (in microliters): One Touch Ultra: 1; Accu-Chek Advantage: 4; FreeStyle: 0.3; Prestige IQ: 5–7; Sof-Tact: 2–3, Capillary strips: One Touch Ultra: Yes; Accu-Chek Advantage: Yes; FreeStyle: Yes; Prestige IQ: No; Sof-Tact: Noa, Touchable strip: One Touch Ultra: Yes; Accu-Chek Advantage: Yes; FreeStyle: Yes; Prestige IQ: No; Sof-Tact: Yes, Ability to apply more blood after test starts: One Touch Ultra: No; Accu-Chek Advantage: Yes; FreeStyle: Yes; Prestige IQ: No; Sof-Tact: No, Cleaning required: One Touch Ultra: No; Accu-Chek Advantage: No; FreeStyle: No; Prestige IQ: Yes; Sof-Tact: Yes, Response time (in seconds): One Touch Ultra: 5; Accu-Chek Advantage: 26; FreeStyle: 5–15; Prestige IQ: 10–50; Sof-Tact: 20, Whole blood/plasma: One Touch Ultra: Plasma; Accu-Chek Advantage: Plasma; FreeStyle: Plasma; Prestige IQ: Whole blood/plasma; Sof-Tact: Plasma, Size (in inches): One Touch Ultra: 3.12; × 2.25 × 0.85; Accu-Chek Advantage: 3.5 × 0.8 × 2.5; FreeStyle: 2.03; × 3.82; × 0.98; Prestige IQ: 2.75 × 4 × 0.8; Sof-Tact: 5.38 × 3.5 × 1.5, Display font height (in inches): One Touch Ultra: 0.56; Accu-Chek Advantage: 0.59; FreeStyle: 0.41; Prestige IQ: 0.78; Sof-Tact: 0.63, Display font thickness (in inches): One Touch Ultra: 0.06; Accu-Chek Advantage: 0.06; FreeStyle: 0.05; Prestige IQ: 0.13; Sof-Tact: 0.08, Price: One Touch Ultra: $65; Accu-Chek Advantage: $65; FreeStyle: $75; Prestige IQ: $15; Sof-Tact: $200.

Meters with Voice Output

Code key calibration: Accu-Chek Voicemate: Yes; One Touch SureStep: No; One Touch Basic: No; One Touch Profile: No, Adjustable lancet depth: Accu-Chek Voicemate: Yes; One Touch SureStep: Yes; One TouchBasic: Yes; One Touch Profile: No, Blood sample size (in microliters): Accu-Chek Voicemate: 4; One Touch SureStep: 10; One TouchBasic: 10; One Touch Profile: 10, Capillary strips: Accu-Chek Voicemate: Yes; One Touch SureStep: No; One Touch Basic: No; One Touch Profile: No, Touchable strip: Accu-Chek Voicemate: Yes; One Touch SureStep: Yes; One TouchBasic: No; One Touch Profile: No, Ability to apply more blood after test starts: Accu-Chek Voicemate: Yes; One Touch SureStep: No; One Touch Basic: No; One Touch Profile: No, Cleaning required: Accu-Chek Voicemate: No; One Touch SureStep: Yes; One TouchBasic: Yes; One Touch Profile: Yes, Response time (in seconds): Accu-Chek Voicemate: 26; One Touch SureStep: 15; One TouchBasic: 45; One Touch Profile: 45, Whole blood/plasma: Accu-Chek Voicemate: Plasma One Touch SureStep: Plasma One TouchBasic: Whole blood One Touch Profile: Whole blood, Size (in inches): Accu-Chek Voicemate: 6.5 × 3.0 × 2.5; One Touch SureStep: 4.5 × 2.6 × 1.8a One TouchBasic: 4.5; × 2.6 × 2.2a One Touch Profile: 4.5 × 2.6 × 2.2a, Price of meter with voice module: Accu-Chek Voicemate: $495–$525; One Touch SureStep: $220–$295; One TouchBasic: $218–$293; One Touch Profile: $288–$363.

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