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. 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