[access-uk] Re: identifying foods
- From: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:42:21 +0100
where can we get more inf o on this summet thing?
On Jun 22, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Barry Hill wrote:
> Wow... I'd love one of these. In an ideal world, we'd all have one, but
> the cost is just too prohibited for most of us. You wouldn't even be able
> to get it with ATW or DSA.
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dean Wilcox" <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:11 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: identifying foods
>
>
> 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
>>
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