Hi Alan,
Both Red Laser and Digit-Eyes do access databases for this type of information. However, not all products are in these databases, for example, here in Canada certain grocery chains may have products with bilingual packaging (English and French) and said product may have a barcode which is not listed in these databases. I believe Digit-Eyes accesses several databases and it probably is about as good as it gets and that is why you can submit a product name and other information for products which are not found in the official databases. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 1:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Scanning App for Collecting Product Info History - REcommendations and My Experience Hello List, Before asking my question, I want to share my experience with scanning apps in order to grab product info for purposes of saving for future reference. I've had great success with Red Laser and also use Digit-Eyes. Once I've found a product that I believe I'll be purchasing in the future, I like to scan it with an accessible app in order to capture info such as product name, etc. that I can later reference through a history button that I can use to job my memory at shopping time. My issue is that quite often with food items especially, Red Laser will scan the barcode quickly but have no information about the product other than the barcode numbers. When this happens, I get pretty much the same thing with Digit-Eyes, no real product info other than the barcode number. Does anyone know where these apps get their product info after they scan in the item's barcode? I would have thought there is some sort of centralized database but I'm curious why some products have their info there but others don't. I would really like an accessible app that has access to an extensive grocery item database because those are the items I constantly get little info about when scanning them with Red Laser. The ability to get nutritional info from one of these apps would be a bonus. Any help with my questions and any suggestions about an accessible app that would provide product info that could be saved upon scanning would be greatly appreciated. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
