Hi folks. A couple of things for me to report here. Firstly, I was part of a group attempting to do barcode reading on a Nokea 6620 using Talks about 9 years ago. We attempted to use a two different Bluetooth barcode scanners. However, they were mono-directional and very difficult to use. Omni-directional scanners are inherently larger, but much easier for a blind person to find a barcode. We did not have the computer vision skills to actually identify and extract a barcode from the video feed. The apps that are now doing this are doing pretty well from what I can tell. I congratulate them all on overcoming a rather difficult computer vision problem.
I just downloaded the Red Laser app and was blown away by how easy it was for me to quickly identify a couple of products. Did a slow scan of a couple of products, heard the bing, then flicked around until I heard the product that was scanned. Very easy, very smooth. Next. I saw that someone in this thread had scanned a package of Trader Joe's dried mangos. They said the app didn't identify the product. Since I happen to have a package of the self-same mango, I scanned it. I got the hit quickly, although had to flip the package over once, but got just the bar code number: 00071000. So, I went to www.UPCDatabase.com, entered the number in the edit box, hit submit and poof: Trader Joe's Just Mango Slices Size/Weight 6 OZ Issuing Country United States Last Modified 9 Feb 2010, 9:01 AM Other things of note. When I searched the app store to find Red Laser, the product description said barcode and QR code reader. So it does read QR codes. I haven't figured out yet, if I can save this barcode in RedLaser and give it the proper name and such, but overall, I am thrilled at the functionality here. Dan Rossi. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
