[Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] iphone apps for bar code identification

[Jim McCarthy]

Andy said what I would have said. I have had, in my case, the Omni barcode
scanner for many years. Personally, I have tried Digit Eyes and I would love
to use it instead. I am truly unable to efficiently find bar codes using it.
If I was just getting in to this, I would buy Digit Eyes for $9.00 and see
if I could figure it out with practice. If I learned I could not, I'd have
only spent $9 and I would move on to seek some other solution. The expensive
scanners really do work very well but $1200 is not in everyone's ready cash
so...
Best
Jim McCarthy

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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 11:28 AM
To: Gary Lee; Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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identification

Digit Eyes is probably the best because it was designed for use by blind
persons, but the biggest problem that blind people have with bar codes is
finding them. The reason that the $1200 device works better is because it
has an omnidirectional camera that will scan the package until it finds the
code. The iPhone's camera only sees straight ahead, so it is up to the user
to move the phone, the package, or both until you strike gold.

Andy


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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 7:38 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Electronics-Talk] iphone apps for bar code
identification

Looking to see  what the concensus of the community is on bar code reading
apps for the iphone.
If I can avoid the $1,200 for an id mate, that would be great.
Tried red laser a few years ago, but never got any joy.

Any information and or experiences would be helpful.


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