On Friday 06 October 2006 22:35, Rony wrote: > krishnakant Mane wrote: > >I think it was ronny who started the barcode topic may be he is > > the right person. > > I remember anurag had mentioned about RFIDs. > > If the barcode is 3 ft long, no problem. What I had in mind was a > letter/a4 size page with bar codes of say, 1 inch height all > arranged in multiple lines across the page and till the end of the > page. A mobile device with a megapixel camera takes a snap and in > the phone, an OCR converts this code into speech.
And how exctly do you think a visually handicapped person is going to position himself to take a shot?. > We need not > follow conventional bar code standards. Any bar code experts on > this list who can provide inputs? That is the absolute worst think u could probably do - think standards always. Rony please think in detail about practical problems, and the value being added to the orginal idea of signposts for visually impaired. In this case the fm thingy beats all others hands down. So unless a new idea adds value substantially to the original goal we are wasting energy. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
