No not really, it is tricky, if you have a enough sight to see where the barcode is then you have a bit more success. It has been hit and miss with me and to be honest by the time I have managed to get it to read a barcode I have placed the item under my iPal Solo to have it read instead. I I have not used the ID mate in person, but I guess the 3D camera would explain its hight price.
If you have no vision at all it is very difficult to locate the barcode, so this solution is not ideal, unless there was a ruling to say where barcodes can always be found. Let's hope the OCR solutions for the iPhone are more successful. But the barcode reader is not totally useless as I did manage to scan some things. On 27 Jun 2010, at 07:16, Bryan Smart wrote: > With Digit-Eyes, how do you find the bar code? When I was involved with the > development of an accessible bar code system a few years back, cameras didn't > do a good job. For the bar code recognition to work, the camera couldn't face > the bar code at an angle, at it had to be right-side-up. Of course, a blind > person doesn't necessarily know where on the box, can, or bottle the bar code > is to be found, so that creates a challenge. That's partly why the ID Mate is > so expensive. They must use a 3D laser scanner, like is used in the check-out > line at a grocery store. Those perform an active scan, and can register bar > codes at any angle, and even on curved surfaces. You can basically hold up > the scanner and turn the container in front of the camera, and it will > automatically scan the bar code as soon as it's visible, regardless of the > bar code's orientation. > > My thoughts were that the iPhone app would be like trying to read a bar code > with a CCD scanner. Yes, it would work but only if you knew where to find the > bar code, which way was right-side-up, and only if the bar code was on a flat > surface. Is it better than that? > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Manzino > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:03 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: saytext: new OCR app for IPhone > > Hi Bryan and all, > > I can say with certainty that the camera on the 3GS works well for the new > bar code reader that Josh Lioncourt was talking about the other day > Digit-Eyes. I have downloaded it and it works well. Not having any experience > with the Iphone 4, I can't say about the cameras. I know it has two according > to Cara Quin's podcast. Have a great day. > > Allison > > On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Bryan, >> >> From what I have heard, the 3GS camera will do the job even if it is not as >> good as the new iPhone 4. I will be very interested in how this application >> performs despite the limitations of the 3GS. >> On Jun 26, 2010, at 2:52 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: >> >>> The iPhone 4 should do a great job with this app. The 5 megapixel camera >>> provides the level of resolution that assisted KNFB Reader so much. With >>> the lower quality cameras, the DPI of scanned images is too low. >>> >>> Bryan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >>> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:30 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: saytext: new OCR app for IPhone >>> >>> No, >>> >>> The iPod touch doesn't have a camera. >>> On Jun 25, 2010, at 11:26 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Will this work with the Ipod Touch also? >>>> Courtney >>>> On Jun 25, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I don't think it's out yet. >>>>> >>>>> I couldn't find it in the app store. >>>>> >>>>> hth >>>>> On Jun 25, 2010, at 9:15 PM, John J Herzog wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> I just got this link from a friend of mine. Apparently, this app is >>>>>> free, and it performs OCR using the new IPhone. It's different from the >>>>>> one that emails your image to a server and then gives you back text. >>>>>> This one actually performs OCR on the phone. >>>>>> Furthermore, it automatically takes pictures once the camera is aligned >>>>>> with the center of the document. >>>>>> Check out this link for more information. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.docscannerapp.com/saytext/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Can someone let me know how it works? >>>>>> John >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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