Hi Paul. It's a bit like that, but it actually hunts for the barcode on the item, I'm not sure exactly how oMoby works. The barcodes for a lot of the k-cups are located on the tops of the boxes. Here's some info I wrote up awhile back about digit-eyes for another list I'm on. Perhaps it will help? Begin quoted message: Hi all. Just been playing around with Digit-Eyes today a bit, and here are my impressions so far. When you first launch the app, you are put on the Scan button. Before scanning anything though, I would highly recommend going to the help section of the app and reading their tips on scanning, as it can save a lot of time and grief. While locating barcodes and UPC codes on products can be difficult, once you find them, the rest works quite nice. Again, for assistance with this, see the help section in the app or on the Digit-Eyes website. Essentially, you will position the camera over the device and try to take your best guess as to where the barcode is located. After selecting the scan button, begin moving the camera from about 8 inches and with each snap of the camera, raise it another inch. Also, sometimes rotating the product can help. Note that it doesn’t matter what orientation the barcode is in, the app simply needs to recognize that it has found a barcode to work properly. When the app has located the barcode, the phone will vibrate, indicating that you don’t need to move the camera around anymore. Digit-eyes recognized all 5 of the items I put in front of it. Once you have scanned the object and the barcode is recognized, the phone will speak and show in braille what the object is. Moving to the right one option will give you the more info button, assuming there is more info in the database, which will give you more specific information about the product such as ingredients’, manufacturer, serving size if applicable, calories, a recipe if appropriate, etc. Moving to the right one more option lands you on the option to Google the product where you can find even more info, along with prices from nearby retail markets. The app will jump directly to this button if there is no further info in the databases about this product. This function is ladled as "web search". Moving to the right one more time gives you a button where you can report wrong descriptions. I have never gotten one of these, though my experience with this app is still relatively limited. I have been told by those who have contacted Digit-Eyes that the customer service people are very prompt and respond positively to feedback. Flicking right one more time will land you on the Scan button again. QR Codes (Quick Response) While not the original intent of the creation of QR codes, Digit-Eyes allows you to sign up for a free account on their website, and you can then print off whatever ladles you want. The most typical way to do this would be with address labels that you can purchase at any store that carries mailing products. The challenge with this is cutting the codes out correctly, and if you do not have enough site to do this, sighted assistance may be required. You can also have Digit-Eyes mail you the QR codes already cut up and ready to go, but this costs more money. Please see their site for details on pricing. The QR code allows you to enter a short text description of the item of up to 100 characters. Once the QR code is affixed to whatever you want to be labeled, you can then scan for the code and it will read back the result and also display it in braille. You can even purchase special labels from Digit-Eyes which are washable, meaning that you can attach them to clothing and store whatever info you want on the tags. They must be sewn in to the clothing. The website indicates that these are good for 50 washes, but I have no info as to how long they last. The website also says that most dry cleaners will sew these labels for someone for .25 a peace. There is an audio portion of this app as well, but I didn't bother with it since I mainly use braille. From what I have read and been told by others though, this portion of the app is also very easy to use, but that the speech from VoiceOver can sometimes interfere with the recording. The paid version of Digit-Eyes is available for $19.99 on May 21, 2012. The free version only allows for the reading of QR codes that have already been created, or that you create on Digit-Eyes. The paid version gives you access to the UPC, EAN, and other barcode databases. Please note that this app will use a small amount of data when looking up an EAN or UPC code. The QR codes do not require any data usage. For more info, please see www.digit-eyes.com
On 10/1/12, Paul Ferrara <[email protected]> wrote: > Keurigs do rule; discovered several great coffees, no weaklings either. Even > > the mild ones are tasty enough I don't feel like I'm drinking flavored > water. > > Back to Digit Eyes--is it similar to OMoby where you take a picture of the > box? > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Davert > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: digit eyes > > I agree Digit-Eyes will work well for this. In fact, I use it for that > exact purpose, among others. Keurigs rule! > > Scott > > On 10/1/12, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Digit-eyes is a good choice i think. >> >> Best regards Annie. >> Den Oct 1, 2012 kl. 4:01 PM skrev Paul Ferrara >> <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hello, I want to locate the best app for reading barcodes, knowing which >>> box of k-cups I am holding, cans, boxes, tec. >>> Is digit-eyes my best bet, or can someone recommend something else equal >>> to or better? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en.
