If you have the number, you can use the Digit-Eyes UPC database without charge -- you can also develop your own app or website that uses it. More information is at http://www.digit-eyes.com/gtin/
On Monday, November 18, 2013 9:47:23 AM UTC-6, Sandratomkins wrote: > > Dan, > I wonder if you know about this? At the bottom of the results screen of > RedLaser there are two sort of edit fields, though they are not exactly > edit fields, The first is called UPC, and the second, I am afraid, I have > forgotten. But you can paste and number in there if you wish. Anyway, the > implication is that there is a direct link to the UPC database, but when I > double tap tap UPC nothing happens. Have you found a way to do this? > Otherwise, one has to go to Safari put in the right address for the UPC > database and then choose look up and so on and so on and so on. I am just > wondering if there is a quicker way directly from the RedLaser app. > > By the way, I completely agree with you when you suggest there are many > ways of achieving the same ends and not forget the existing technology many > of us (not me though) still have. By the same token, many of these camera > apps are actually easy to yuse, but may require a little bit of teaching > just to get going with them. > Jmt, > Sandy > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 18 Nov 2013, at 15:00, Dan Rossi <danros...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > I expect that some of the issues people are having with barcode > > scanning may be due to the phone they are using. The 5S is going to > > do better than a 5 or 4S simply because it has more processing power > > and better optics. Lighting is something that is easily forgotten. > > When I was working on the currency identification package for the old > > Nokia phones, I was cruising along through a set of bills, testing > > them over and over. At some point, I was getting miss after miss. > > The softtware just refused to identify anything which was surprising > > because it had been doing so well. What happened was that my wife > > went up to bed and turned the lights off on her way upstairs. > > > > With the advent of all these barcode or OCR options for cell phones, > > we also cannot forget the old options of a scanner and your computer, > > if you have that available to you. You do not need one of the > > adaptive options for OCR, so it can be done pretty cheaply, since most > > scanners come with free OCR software. > > > > I'm not saying that is an option for everyone, but we can often easily > > forget some tricks as we learn new ones. > > > > I had to learn this lesson when I started working on the bar code > > scanning project. I always assumed the bar code was on the price > > sticker. it isn't. The bar code is simply printed on the label or > > box, so you can't feel it. If you are concentrating on the area of a > > sticker, you are not going to find the bar code. > > > > If a bar code scanner gives you a code, but no product description, > > you can plug that into UPCDatabase.com and possibly find the product. > > There are other UPC databases, UPCDatabase.com is just the one I > > typically use. > > > > You can even plug it into directionsForMe.org and get the cooking > > instructions or whatever else from the product packaging. > > > > Anyway, at least at this time, I don't believe that any one tool will > > be a single solution for all scenarios, so I am glad there are various > > ways to skin various cats. > > > > Dan Rossi > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > > > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing > > vip...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphon...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > > > 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 viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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