Also expiration dates are stamped on products not printed. There is times in 
which the ink smears, the writing has faded. Until it is mandated that 
expiration dates be placed on an item, on the same spot for all products & a 
better expiration date is adopted, there is no way for a blind person to be 
able to read the expiration dates on products.

Donna

> 
> Sadly, I do not think you will ever see expiration dates in barcones. 
> Barcodes identify the general product, not that individual package. But you 
> would probably have to contact the manufacturer to find out if something 
> could be done. According to my wife, there is little consistancy of placement 
> of expiration dates and it is hard for even sighted people to find them. 
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
> "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a 
> Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in 
> deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I 
> was young."
> "Why, what did she tell you?"
> "I don't know, I didn't listen."
> -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
> 
>> On Jan 20, 2021, at 3:38 AM, Ann <tate...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> hmm, you know, as for Seeing AI, I don't think I've ever seen expiration 
>> dates for anything listed in the bar code info.
>> 
>> ~Ann
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 1/20/2021 4:15 AM, Arlene wrote:
>>> I do hope supersense and other ocr apps eventually can read experation 
>>> dates which is quite important. I don't know if there's some sort of 
>>> technical reason why experation dates can't be read, but I hope that's 
>>> something that can be worked out.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Lowe" <sh...@mediate.tech>
>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 1:31 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Identifying barcodes
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I also wanted to elaborate on Supersense a bit. We're working on
>>>> adding cooking directions, since that is a crucial set of information
>>>> that can be obtained with a little cross-research after identifying a
>>>> barcode.
>>>> I've also noticed that from my personal experience, Supersense tends
>>>> to recognize more products in my pantry than the other apps I've
>>>> tried.
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/19/21, Andy Baracco <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>> It will give you whatever info is contained within the bar code.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Andy
>>>>> 
>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>  From: Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
>>>>>  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>>>  Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 7:15 AM
>>>>>  Subject: RE: Identifying barcodes
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Will Seeing AI give you directions for cooking in addition to just
>>>>> identifying the product?  This is a feature I heavily use on my barcode
>>>>> scanner (galaxy).
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Pam
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
>>>>> Holly
>>>>>  Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 12:03 AM
>>>>>  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>>>  Subject: Re: Identifying barcodes
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Don:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Seeing A I has improved their bar code scanner, and it is quite good.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  It is also free.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Super
>>>>>  Sense is also pretty good, but it is a paid app.
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