That's right. The Pen Friend doesn't read bar codes. Still it's nice to have labels that you record yourself, and you can record them exactly the way you want to record them. That's handy! You weren't at all confusing.
-----Original Message----- From: Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:27 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: Re: [CnD] Dale Is A Help To All Keep in mind that the PenFriend does not read universal bar codes that are on supermarket items. It reads what you stick on things after you record the label you want to be heard. A can of corn with a dot that has a recorded message on it will be identified, while a can in the store that you have not labeled will not be identified. I hope this didn't sound too confusing. In short, you do all the labeling. It plays back the recordings you made. If you want to be able to identify items in the supermarket that have bar codes on them, you would be better off, if you can afford one, to buy a bar code reader such as those from www.envisionamerica.com such as the ID Mate, Omni, or Summit bar code readers. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Dickhoner" <tdickho...@fuse.net> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:57 AM Subject: [CnD] Dale Is A Help To All > Heidi, I am very much thinking about the possibility of getting the Pen > Friend. It probably isn't going to be that difficult to get help labeling > Since my wife and I go grocery shopping a lot, this will be a great help > to me > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
