Hi Ms. Miracle, Does it work for cans as well? I have used Digit-Eyes and I love it. I have found what you are saying about moving it further away from the camera till a beep is heard. Your first name is the same as myMom's by the way. Thank you for making this wonderful product and for putting a bar code scanner app within reach of everyone.
Sincerely, Allison On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Nancy Miracle wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > You are correct. In fact, the can be upside down, right side up, 90 degrees > rotated and very seriously skewed and we will resolve the issue. > > In fact, for all intents and purposes, the Digit-Eyes package is insensitive > to orientation of the code -- there is almost no amount of skew that the > system cannot resolve. > > The approach of holding the phone stable and moving the product in front of > it (as described for the idMate below) also works well on Digit-Eyes and at > least when people are starting out, we recommend trying this. The autofocus > camera on the iPhone 3Gs tends to do better in getting a capture when the > item is moving away from it. So we recommend starting by holding (say) the > bottom of the box close to the camera and then moving it away from the camera > until you get the beep that indicates that a capture has been made. > > Cordially, > Nancy Miracle > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > To my knoledge, the bar code can be upside down and slightly crocked. it I > think emits a click to let yo now if you are getting clode to it and you just > have to look for it but once you know where the bar code is on many > products you are fine. > > S > On Jun 26, 2010, at 11:16 PM, 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. > 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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