[Electronics-talk] Barcode scanner or app

Sat Apr 13 01:10:07 UTC 2013

Hi Linda, Peter Russillo of Stuart, FL.  For a barcode scanner you can use 
at home to find data on any packages of, say, food, there's the Quantum 
barcode scanner; you can get it from AT Guys; just Google "AT Guys."  I've 
got one; it's pretty nifty, and costs less than the ones from Envision 
America, because the Quantum is powered through the USB port.  Hope this 
helps.

Peter
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From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
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>
> The bar code scanner can not tell you the right price as the store sets 
> the price, the manufacturer makes the product and will not know what the 
> store will charge for an item.
> The bar code can tell you who made the item, what it is made of, such as 
> ingredients, nutricanal values, salt, fat, sugar, calories and even 
> cooking instructions and warnings for use.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linda Bloodsaw" <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com>
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> The store will tell you their price at the check out.The bar codes are 
> listed in the Standard Brands Bar Code Syatem.
>
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>
>
>> Will a barcode scanner tell me the price of a food item in the store?  or 
>> will I hear the name of the product only?
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:58 PM, "Walter Cone" <walt.cone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The hardest thing is to find the bar code.  There is no standard for 
>>> where the bar code is so you have to hunt for it.  You need to have the 
>>> camera a certain distance from the can or package you are scanning but 
>>> it will work for you.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 6:17 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] aps for IOS device
>>>
>>> I was going off of what I understood through my own experiences. I 
>>> watched a friend hunt for a bar coad scanning app for a good month or so 
>>> it seemed without luck. As for the GPS, I went off of what I know. I'm 
>>> sure that updates have taken place that I don't know about so I 
>>> appriciate the news!
>>> Fortunently for me, my friends and I are starting a local group that 
>>> discusses Apple products, the latest apps, the latest news and 
>>> everything and anything to do with any product that is made from Apple. 
>>> I'll have to check out the apps that you listed for myself and be on 
>>> more of the same page as you are.
>>> Kendra
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>>> From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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>>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:13 AM
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>>>
>>>> Kendra,
>>>>
>>>> Some of what you say is simply not true.
>>>>
>>>> There are many blind people who are successfully using their iPhone
>>>> for OCR, color identification, and scanning bar codes. Apps being used
>>>> by blind folks for OCR include Say text, Text Detective, and Prizmo.
>>>> There is an app called Color Visor that does a fair job of color
>>>> identification, and an app called Digit-Eyes that will read bar code
>>>> info. Using the iPhone for tasks like OCR presents some of the same
>>>> issues that are presented by using the KNFB Reader, namely, holding
>>>> the device at the precise distance and angle required to get a good
>>>> picture. There is a new product called the Standscan that has been
>>>> designed to address this problem. It is basically a box with one side
>>>> open. You place your iPhone or whichever device that you use for this
>>>> purpose on the top. There is a hole that lines up with the camera lens
>>>> on the device. The device sits about 12 inches above the bottom of the
>>>> box. You slide the reading material into the bottom of the box. The
>>>> Pro model has built in LED lights that are powered by either batteries
>>>> or a AC adapter is included. After placing the device and the reading
>>>> material in their places, you launch the OCR app and follow its
>>>> instructions to take the picture. The Standscan Pro costs about $30. I
>>>> have both an iPhone 5 and a KNFB reader, and find the results of scans 
>>>> to be about equal.
>>>> As for GPS, at this time there is no accessible solution that gives
>>>> you all of the capabilities of a product like Sendero for the
>>>> Braillenote, but this will soon change, as Sendero will soon be
>>>> releasing a product for the iPhone. But if all you need is information
>>>> about where you are and what is around you, there is a plethora of
>>>> free or very inexpensive apps that provide this info.
>>>>
>>>> Kendra, I am curious as to whether or not your comments come from your
>>>> own experience, or what someone told you.  In any event, the
>>>> information you imparted in your post is wrong, and could give someone
>>>> the wrong idea about the capabilities of the iPhone.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Kendra Schaber
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:10 PM
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>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] aps for IOS device
>>>>
>>>> There are no accessable scanning apps for blind people that I know of.
>>>> The best GPS app is called GPS Drive. There are no good bar coad
>>>> reading apps that I know of. I also don't know of a good color app. I
>>>> do know of a good object identafier app called Tap Tap See which if
>>>> you take a picture, it tells you what you got for a picture. The
>>>> object of this app is to help you find objects around the house or
>>>> while you are in a place that doesn't allow you to explore in other 
>>>> ways besides site.
>>>> Kendra
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 6:23 PM
>>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] aps for IOS device
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> For those of you using an I device, which free aps do you find 
>>>>> helpful?
>>>>> Are there aps for scanning, bar code recognition, and color
>>>>> identification?
>>>>> How about GPS aps?
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m asking because I intern in a section 508 office and they want to
>>>>> do an outreach session on accessible aps for disabled people. This
>>>>> includes blindness and two other disabilities.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> Ashley
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