[Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] iphone apps forbar code identification

[Jeff Samco]

One way of greatly improving the success in finding a barcode with 
Digit-Eyes s to have it tactily marked. This works if you already 
have someone assisting with grocery shopping or coming into the house 
on a regular basis to help with various vision-related activities. 
That person can place a small piece of clear tape right on the 
barcode. If the sighted assistance is not there then lots of practice 
locating barcodes in their most likely locations is the only way to 
successfully use Digit-Eyes.
HTH,
Jeff

At 01:58 PM 3/18/2016, you wrote:
>Those stands are meant for OCR. This wouldn't solve the problem of
>having to reposition the item to find the bar code if you didn't know
>where it is on the package. Also, these stands are designed to scan flat
>surfaces, like documents or pages in a book.
>
>Andy
>
>
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>Behalf Of Annette Carr via Electronics-Talk
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 12:41 PM
>To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>Cc: Annette Carr
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] iphone apps forbar code
>identification
>
>I've been told about a cardboard stand for your iPhone that allows you
>to position the phone over the item you are attempting to scan.  This
>frees up your hands to manipulate the item.  Sorry I cannot remember the
>name of it.
>
>Annette
>
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>Behalf Of Jim McCarthy via Electronics-Talk
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 3:02 PM
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>identification
>
>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
>Cc: Baracco, Andrew W
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] iphone apps for bar code
>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
>To: electronics-talk
>Cc: Gary Lee
>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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