[BlindTlk] Finding Barcodes on Products

[Shane Lowe]

That's true, and I've heard good things about Lookout. it's a shame
it's android exclusive though. Also, can lookout do other things with
OCR? It is nice having everything bundled into one app with
Supersense.

On 8/20/20, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
> Another competitor with an explore feature is google look out.  Free
> download too.
>
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2020, Shane Lowe via BlindTlk wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:36:42
>> From: Shane Lowe via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Shane Lowe <shane at mediate.tech>
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Finding Barcodes on Products
>>
>> I've had a great experience with Supersense, it feels a lot more
>> accurate and efficient for me than Seeing AI.
>> The barcode feature on Supersense is still being worked on, so right
>> now Seeing AI works better for that, but in general I feel that
>> Supersense is definitely worth the price. Especially for the
>> $5.00/month if you'd prefer to go that route.
>> They are also adding an explore feature, so you can scan the space
>> around you and see what's there. I think this will be really useful
>> for public areas like bathrooms and lecture halls.
>>
>> On 8/20/20, Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > I have it on an old Nokia n82 phone, and it works sort of, but it's hard
>> > to
>> > know when it's facing correctly so it will really be able to read
>> > things
>> > fully.  Sometimes it's wonderful, and sometimes, stuff comes out as
>> > gibberish.  For bar codes, I use the id mate, and it's hard to find bar
>> > codes, so I will listen to this and see if it helps.  Pam.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Ericka via BlindTlk
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:38 PM
>> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> > Cc: Ericka
>> > Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Finding Barcodes on Products
>> >
>> > That?s a good question! I haven?t looked into it yet. Long ago I paid
>> > for
>> > KNFB reader and now I can?t get it to work. That?s a lot of money down
>> > the
>> > tube! At that time it cost $99.
>> >
>> > Ericka Nelson
>> >
>> >> On Aug 19, 2020, at 7:34 PM, Halley Richmond via BlindTlk
>> >> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I tried the free version and I couldn't do a thing with it. I guess
>> >> you
>> >> have to pay for what they called a premium features. But what if you
>> >> pay
>> >> for it and don't like it? Because I'm here to tell you it's not cheap.
>> >>
>> >> sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >>> On Aug 19, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Cindy Ray via BlindTlk
>> >>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I think you can do some things with Super Sense if you aren't
>> >>> subscribed, but I think codes is one thing you can't. I haven't been
>> >>> able
>> >>>
>> >>> to find any with it.
>> >>> Cindy Lou
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Halley
>> >>> Richmond
>> >>>
>> >>> via BlindTlk
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:38 PM
>> >>> To: Shane Lowe <shane at mediate.tech>
>> >>> Cc: Halley Richmond <deejay3697 at gmail.com>; Blind Talk Mailing List
>> >>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Finding Barcodes on Products
>> >>>
>> >>> Super sands scanner is a subscription base model tool I believe how
>> >>> good
>> >>> is it. Is it better than Seeing AI?
>> >>>
>> >>> sent from my iPhone
>> >>>
>> >>>>> On Aug 19, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Shane Lowe <shane at mediate.tech> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Nice, I use Seeing AI and Supersense to scan barcodes, so I'll be
>> >>>> curious to hear if this info is helpful for you. :)
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> On 8/19/20, Halley Richmond <deejay3697 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> Microsoft recently updated Seeing AI and that's what I use along
>> >>>>> with
>> >>>>> Voice Dream scanner to recognize barcodes or give me instructions.
>> >>>>> I
>> >>>>> also use directions for me. I will go look at the blog and see what
>> >>>>> I
>> >>>>> think.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Aug 19, 2020, at 2:11 PM, Shane Lowe via BlindTlk
>> >>>>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hi everyone,
>> >>>>>> I just published a blog post about how to find barcodes on
>> >>>>>> products,
>> >>>>>> and thought you might find it useful. I use several iOS apps to
>> >>>>>> scan
>> >>>>>> them, but the most frustrating part is doing that efficiently. To
>> >>>>>> try and solve the problem, I braved the supermarket for an hour
>> >>>>>> and
>> >>>>>> figured out some general rules about how to find barcodes quickly.
>> >>>>>> Let me know what you think!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> https://www.supersense.app/post/how-to-find-barcodes-on-products
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> All the best,
>> >>>>>> Shane.
>> >>>>>>
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