Oh, that's what I thought. Wishful thinking that one could just snap a picture and read a new card when the replacements come in the mail, but I guess not.
----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy M To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:29 AM Subject: Re: Digit-eyes working with an Itouch The credit cards are not bar coded; they are magnetically encoded into a special 'stripe' area on the back of the card. The device includes a Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR). To get the card to be read,you have to slide it through the special reader that is part of the device. I think without the MSR, the device may be less expensive. You might want to contact serial io directly and ask them: http://serialio.com/support/index.php On Monday, May 7, 2012 9:47:54 AM UTC-5, Brenth wrote: I think the IPhone camera, especially the 4S could work better than the USB Metrologics they had for use with BCScan, before the days of Directions4me. I won one in a contest I don't use much, and the last product I needed to identify, Vizwiz worked on the first try. Are credit cards really barcoded that I could read one with Digit Eyes, or is there other hardware in that $700 laser sled thing besides a bar code scanner? ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy M To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:43 AM Subject: Re: Digit-eyes working with an Itouch Please note that Digit-Eyes is an omnidirectional scanner. That is one of the ways that Digit-Eyesis very different from other bar code packages for the iPhone. It can recognize bar codes whether they are right side up, up side down, sideways or diagonally oriented. It is not reasonable to expect someone who can't see to orient a code in respect to a camera. So we don't. I do agree that an iPod Touch + a laser may be a good solution for some. You might want to look also at the piece I just posted on the KDC 425i, a laser sled for the iDevice. The unit I saw in demonstration last week a) wasn't shown with the iPod touch (only because I didn't have one with me, my bad) and b) didn't work with the iPhone either (because, according to the vendor, they didn't have a production copy of the software) Everyone uses their technology in slightly different ways and what is right for one may not be right for another. On Monday, May 7, 2012 6:38:01 AM UTC-5, eburggraaf wrote: Hi, It's a matter of a couple of things. First, While many people have the time and skills and patience to look for barcodes on various products, make sure they're the right way up, and so on, many more others do not. My client base tends to be over the age of 65. I have a lot of duel disability clients and ESL clients. Obviously, if you are effective at getting barcodes with the camera, you wouldn't want this for home use, although it would be much faster and easier in a work environment. Second, not everyone wants an IPhone. I for example, have zero desire to own an IPhone. My experia pro is perfect for me. If you don't want an IPhone because you just don't want one, or if you don't want the outrageous plans that canadians get shafted into, or if you don't want or need a cellphone period and you just want a handheld, then it's the ITouch for you. Finally, it's been years since the ITouch has seen an update. It should get one, but it may not. You never know. We probably won't know until it hits the shelf. My clients need it now. Many of them might not be in a position to enjoy it next year. Not to be insensitive or anything, but it's just the way it is. If an ITouch and a kdc300 costs $900 and an IDMate costs $1600 then my clients are coming out ahead in the consumer choice department. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-05-06, at 3:16 PM, Sieghard wrote: Hello Erik, Nancy and Steve, My question would be why somebody would spend around $600 or $700 for a Koamtac bluetooth scanner just so he can get better use from an iPod Touch with barcode scanning. First of all, who knows if the next generation iPod Touch doesn't get a 5 MP auto-focus camera like the iPad just did. Second, for $750 you can go to Apple and buy an unlocked 32 Gb iPhone 4S and you'll have no more issues. In a way a good omni-directional barcode scanner is of course always better than the iPhone, I have a retail business and my basic USB Symbol scanner is quite efficient and forgiving at picking up barcodes, but before I spent this kind of money for a device that can do exactly one thing I'd rather buy myself an iPhone 4S or, if you are so inclined, wait 6 months and buy the next new iPhone. 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