[real-eyes] Re: follow up bar code scanner script Window Eyes 7.0
- From: <mcdonaldchristine@xxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:37:34 -0500
hey would that bar code work with Jaws with such ease? that seems so
cool. to just run the thing and go. smile and two hundred and seventy
dollars sounds like a bargain.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Clark" <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:42 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] follow up bar code scanner script Window Eyes 7.0
> Hi,
> I got my bar code scanner today and have to say I absolutely love this
> script that has been written for the upcoming version of Window Eyes 7.0.
>
> I purchased a Metrologic MK3780-71A38 Omni Directional scanner from
> Barcode Planet on July 5 and it was delivered on July 11.
>
> It was easy to get out of the box, figured out how to plug the cable into
> the barcode scanner and a USB connection was on the other end of the
> cable. I plugged it into my laptop and Windows Xp recognized it right
> away. There wasn't any software or anything to install with the scanner.
> I had already downloaded and installed the very small script that makes
> all of this happen.
> I pressed the hotkey to bring up the script, pointed the scanner at a jar,
> pressed the scan button on the barcode scanner, and here['s what it
> said:
>
> Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
> 40 oz (1.13 kg)
>
> It took about 2 seconds at the most after the barcode scanner beeped,
> indicating that it found a bar code.
>
> I've done the same with a box of sugar free jello pudding vanilla flavor,
> a jar of Pace in the fridge, a box we just received today that had one of
> our new cordless phone extensions in it, and much more.
>
> The scanner was right around $225 with shipping and well worth the
> investment.
>
>
> A follow up to an idea Reggie had, this could easily be done on a windows
> smart phone running mobile speak. The script for Window Eyes goes out to
> a web site submits the bar code and returns the results. In my search for
> a bar code scanner I did find a version of the same ne I bought that is
> Bluetooth.
>
>
> Steve
>
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