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 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: 22 June 2010 10:13 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 >> >> ** 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 > > ** 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ** 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