They use the back facing camera, since it's the better of the two.
Thanks, Ari > On Nov 4, 2015, at 11:45 AM, 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone > <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > which camera do the recognition apps generally use? > > > Ray T. Mahorney > WA4WGA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 16:59 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: apps for reading grocery packaging > > It depends if you are talking about actually reading all text like > instructions and so on or if you are just interested in apps which recognize > what it is. For recognition apps I'd start with Camfind (free), then Tap Tap > See (you have to buy picture credits) and you could of course try apps like > Be My Eyes or CrowdViz which connect you with a sighted person via Facetime > (CrowdViz gives you some free credits, after that you also have to pay a > small amount). > > Then there are actual barcode apps like Red Laser (free) or Digit-Eyes (paid) > where you have to find the barcode, the app scans it and compares it to a > database of barcodes online and hopefully it will come up with a match. > > Lastly, you could try something like KNFB Reaer to actually recognize the > text on a package, but it often does not work that great because the text may > be difficult for OCR to recognize because of colours, pictures and other > clutter. > > The thing is that once you know exactly what the product is, you can often > find it on the manufacturer's website and get more information such as > ingredients or other instructions. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 8:47 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: apps for reading grocery packaging > > Suggestions please? > > > Ray T. 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