Hi, I haven't seen this mentioned yet, to my surprise. There is a talking bar code scanner called the I.D Mate. The previous model was called the Omni but there is one coning to the UK shortly called the Summit. It is a self contained unit with a database of over 2 million products It costs about £1000 and it one reseller is the Force Ten Co. I know many people on list will say there are better and cheaper ways of labelling and identifying products. I agree cheaper but better? That varies from person to person. I don't own one but it really would be great to just identify a product like other sighted people just like that. On 20 Jun 2010, at 10:10, william lomas wrote: > Hi all, > > > Has anyone developed a product that we can run over a box of food for example > and hear what it is, and how long to cook it i.e., the instructions? > I can use the penfriend but yet again, need sighted help to actually know > what I am about to cook in the future > I"d have though by now a device to read just I don't know, shepherds pie oven > cook x degrees for 30 minutes for example, would have been invented for us > blind folks by cobolt or a similar company > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq