That photo recognition app sure sounds like a whole Lotta fun and pretty 
accurate too from my understanding of your life over there! Very funny post 
Jewel.

Deidre


> On Mar 25, 2016, at 3:05 AM, Jewel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  
> I downloaded digit_eyes lite, but from what I can make out, i am supposed to 
> be going along the shelves in a grocery store, chemist etc,having the iphone 
> record the barcode information as it is seen:  mind you, I haven't been able 
> to make it give the smallest squeak yet!
> Once it has noted the barcode information of all the products I have shown 
> it, I can attach audio labels to those products and make a list of what I am 
> interested in.
> I set up a bottle of gingerale on my display stand for it to identify, but no 
> such luck!  All it said was "scanning ...  scanning ... scanning.  The 3 dots 
> represent the loud click the phone gave between each announcement that it was 
> scanning.
> It seemed to be, completely, blind to the fact that it had a bottle of 
> gingerale standing in front of it.
> Well digit-eyes lite or heavy seemed to me to be out, so replacing my bottle 
> of gingerale with a can of paint,  I let my trusty Tap Tap See loose on it, 
> and was told that it was apurple and red can.  Well the purple and red was 
> additional information but that of it being a can was nothing new because a 
> can I knew it to be.
> Moving on to Camfind.
> In the beginning, as TTS had done, I was told that it was a can, but the 
> colours were a lot more fancy:  cherry, strawberry and maybe something else 
> fruit-related.  No, there wasn't a bowl of cherries anywhere, in case you are 
> asking.
> Then, without my appearing to do anything, I seemed to be hurled, into the 
> world of vehicle and personal accident insurance.  Where in the wide world 
> that came from, I haven't the foggiest.
> I was told that I could get Tap Tap See to read a label, but I haven't found 
> the trick of getting it to do that.
> Speaking of Tap Tap See, by far my favourite photo recognition app, so far, I 
> took a  photo in my kitchen cum sitting-room last night and got back a 
> description containing 6 separate details:  Detail #1: "medium-sized dog"  
> #2:  black short-haired coat"  #3:  "Lying on brown *fur carpet" #4:  "in 
> front of cupboard"  #5:  beside black steel wood burner"  #6:  "in the 
> house!"  Not bad:  huh!
> I put an asterix beside fur as my home help has passed remarks on the amount 
> of hair that Guideon deposits on the carpet and the evidence of the contents 
> of the vacuum cleaner bag prove that she is not telling porkies, but have TTS 
> describe it as a *fur carpet was, I thought,  just a bit rich.
>  
>         Jewel
> From: Richard Turner
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 5:11 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Bar Code Reader App??
> 
> 
> Below is the link to the Digit-eyes web site's  scanning tips page:
> http://www.digit-eyes.com/cgi-bin/digiteyes.cgi?action=scanningTips
> 
> 
> 
> (Sent from my iPhone 5S)
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 7:44 PM, Terrie Terlau <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Is it hard to locate the barcode with digit eyes? Can digitize see barcodes 
>> on products from stores, the ready made barcodes? I know you can make your 
>> own barcode labels but how does it do with boxed foods and cans of food, and 
>> other household products? Does it have a barcode database for these things? 
>> Thanks for any clarification. I had heard that iPhone cameras were not as 
>> good at picking out bar codes as were the laser barcode readers, but I am 
>> wondering if this is accurate.
>> Thanks for any information anyone can share.
>> Another question: does digitize have barcodes that you can so or pin onto 
>> clothing and that can go through the washer and dryer for color labels?
>> Thanks
>> Best,
>> Terrie
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:33 PM, Feliciano Godoy <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>> Digit-eyes is great. VoiceOver accessible.
>>> Regards,
>>> Feliciano
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>>>>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Dani Pagador <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi, Everyone.
>>>> Is there a usable bar code scanning/reading app that a totally blind
>>>> user can access?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dani
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