[access-uk] Re: identifying foods

  • From: Glenn Tookey <Glenn.Tookey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:41:00 +0000

This is what we will be demonstrating at Sight Village, aiming to be in the UK 
market in August


http://www.looktel.com/


Regards
Glenn


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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: 22 June 2010 10:13
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: identifying foods

What about this:
http://www.sightandsound.co.uk/events/?p=656

It mentions Portable object recognition?

Might be worth a look?



On 22/06/2010 06:11, Dean Wilcox wrote:
> 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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