Hi there My husband showed me a way to do barcode scanning that works fairly well. You wouldn't want to use it every time you scan a can if you knew braille, but you could use it to help label your cans in braille.
What I do is to first put the iPhone camera side facing the can. You use the camera further from the screen for this purpose. Then you find the seam of the can. Place it about a hands width from the iPhone. Then angle the iPhone slightly, about a 45° angle. Start turning the can slowly; I usually turn it so that it goes to the left. This will usually result in getting your feedback almost immediately. I haven't done much experimentation with other types of things like boxes. I have a suspicion that I could develop a method for doing it, but haven't done it yet. I am not sure about the light, but it may affect it. If you have the light program, you can check to find out if you have got light. Hey, I'm not saying it's a perfect solution, but it's better than not having a solution at all. All of these bar-code scanners that I'm aware of have some issues for blind users. That's because they don't put the barcodes on there for our benefit and make them nice and easy to find. Regards, Gigi On Dec 21, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > How easy (or hard) is it to scan a label? A barcode? It's not a whole > lot of good if it takes a minute or more just to line up the camera > correctly. Is light a problem, or will it enable the flash if it has > to? Thanks. > > On 12/21/12, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi there >> Yes, it is definitely worth $30. It's the best barcode scanner I've got. >> Anyway, the labeling works pretty well. The only bug is thate voiceover >> talks a little extra, but that's not a big deal. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 21, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I asked on Twitter and the accessible-iOS list, but never really got an >>> answer. I want to label boxes, folders, clothing, maybe a few kitchen >>> containers, and read bar codes. Is Digit-Eyes really worth the $30 it >>> costs? If so, how easy are the codes to read? I've tried a couple bar code >>> readers and the make you line up the code precisely, which is no good. I >>> have an iPhone5, so the camera should not be a problem. Any advice one way >>> or the other would be great. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
