Dan, Thanks so much for this tip about the upc website. How , or can I, copy and paste this bar code into the edit box on the upc site using my i phone?
thanks again, Caitlyn On Nov 17, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Dan Rossi <danrossi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks. A couple of things for me to report here. Firstly, I was > part of a group attempting to do barcode reading on a Nokea 6620 using > Talks about 9 years ago. We attempted to use a two different > Bluetooth barcode scanners. However, they were mono-directional and > very difficult to use. Omni-directional scanners are inherently > larger, but much easier for a blind person to find a barcode. We did > not have the computer vision skills to actually identify and extract a > barcode from the video feed. The apps that are now doing this are > doing pretty well from what I can tell. I congratulate them all on > overcoming a rather difficult computer vision problem. > > I just downloaded the Red Laser app and was blown away by how easy it > was for me to quickly identify a couple of products. Did a slow scan > of a couple of products, heard the bing, then flicked around until I > heard the product that was scanned. Very easy, very smooth. > > Next. I saw that someone in this thread had scanned a package of > Trader Joe's dried mangos. They said the app didn't identify the > product. Since I happen to have a package of the self-same mango, I > scanned it. I got the hit quickly, although had to flip the package > over once, but got just the bar code number: 00071000. So, I went to > www.UPCDatabase.com, entered the number in the edit box, hit submit > and poof: > > Trader Joe's Just Mango Slices > Size/Weight 6 OZ > Issuing Country United States > Last Modified 9 Feb 2010, 9:01 AM > > Other things of note. When I searched the app store to find Red > Laser, the product description said barcode and QR code reader. So it > does read QR codes. > > I haven't figured out yet, if I can save this barcode in RedLaser and > give it the proper name and such, but overall, I am thrilled at the > functionality here. > > Dan Rossi. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
