[access-uk] Re: FW: [BCAB] Can I Eat It? IPhone app
- From: Barry Toner <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:39:20 +0100
Hi Ibrihim,
Dont' waste your money on Digit Eyes. I bought my partner it as one of her
Christmas presents. I think we got 1 or 2 things identified. The genral
concensis is that you need to be partially sighted and have enough sight to
locate the Barcode. We found the thing a disaster and spent quite sometime
trying to get it to work. I think it was on offer and was about £12 when i
bought it. A complete and total waste of time. The company who make it are
fantastic at PR, but it just doesnt' work for someone who's total, plain and
simple.
Try VizWiz that I've just posted about as well as this Can i Eat it app, (when
Can comes out).
Regards,
Barry.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:54 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: FW: [BCAB] Can I Eat It? IPhone app
>
> Hi Jackie.
>
> I cant wait for this app either; I was thinking of buying digit-eyes,
> but
> its way too much to spend on a technology which if in all honesty i
> don't
> know how much I'll be using. I'm still getting used to Prizmo on the
> IPhone
> which is an OCR app, trying that with and in comparison to Zoom Reader
> and
> I'm getting varying results so lets see how much this can I eat it app
> costs, then I might just take the plunge.
>
> All the best, Ibrahim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jackie Cairns
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:48 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: FW: [BCAB] Can I Eat It? IPhone app
>
> I don't know Ron, but I'm going to give it a whirl if it isn't too
> expensive. I don't see why it won't work if you have your Touch
> connected
> to WiFi.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
> J&M Work-Ability
>
> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.work-ability.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Ron Sears
> Sent: 01 June 2011 10:37
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: FW: [BCAB] Can I Eat It? IPhone app
>
> Thanks Jackie. Will it be okay for the iPod touch? The date of June
> 4th is
> wrong so I assume they mean next Monday,
>
> Cheers
>
> Ron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:41 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] FW: [BCAB] Can I Eat It? IPhone app
>
>
> The below appeared on the BCAB list, so apologies to those subscribed
> there,
> but I felt this would be useful to share with people here as well.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
> J&M Work-Ability
>
> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.work-ability.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Mailbox, DigitalAccess
> Sent: 31 May 2011 16:11
> To: BCAB Discussion List
> Subject: [BCAB] Can I Eat It? IPhone app
>
> RNIB were contacted about this app, which will be out next week. Here
> is the
> mail we got:
>
>
> In the app store, Monday June 4th. www.canieatit.eu
>
> The Can I Eat It? IPhone app is another step towards safe independent
> living for the blind and visually impaired!
>
> For millions of consumers with normal vision, and for the blind and the
> visually impaired, The Can I Eat It? Barcode app provides information
> on
> tens of thousands of food and drink products from Aldi, Asda, The
> Co-operative Food, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco
> &
> Waitrose.
>
> How do you use it? The blind and the visually impaired need to switch
> on
> the IPhone's built-in VoiceOver, which is found in Settings. Now the
> Can I Eat It? app is set up to become the eyes for the user.
>
> You can choose products that you wish, or don't wish, to eat by going
> to
> Settings and choosing your preferences: for example, gluten free, low
> fat,
> low sugar or vegan... there is an extensive list.
>
> Sorted! Now just move the IPhone camera lens over the product; when it
> gets
> to the barcode, you will hear a bleep; if you have switched on
> VoiceOver, it
> will now speak the information a sighted person will be able to read.
> Each
> product shows its name, tasting note, and dietary and nutritional
> information.
>
> As most of the products that are found in the Kitchen cupboard, the
> fridge
> and the freezer are in the Can I Eat It? app's database, the problem of
> the
> blind or visually impaired person mixing up packets of salt with sugar,
> gravy granules with coffee, tins of baked beans with rice pudding or
> tomato soup with sliced peaches are at an end for Can I Eat It? app
> users!
> You can tackle your kitchen cupboard with renewed confidence.
>
> The SuperMarketOwnBrandGuide and Martin Isark, food and drink
> journalist,
> taster and author, have teamed up with 'the Other media' to produce the
> 'Can
> I Eat It? IPhone app. In the app store Monday June 4th.
> http://www.canieatit.eu
>
>
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