Two products for individuals who are blind or have low vision:
Digit-Eyes for the iPhone, and RNIP's PenFriend.
Digit-Eyes is an
exciting new iPhone application. It is an audio labeler and product
code reader that costs far less than others like it on the market
($29.99 from Digital Miracles, LLC).
Digit-Eyes reads standard UPC, EAN and even ISPN codes (on books). The application means that an iPhone can tell you the name of nearly any product in your house or at a store. It also allows you to print your own labels and make audio recordings that are read every time the label is scanned. This is useful for everything from prescription bottles to cooking directions.
In a review by the American Federation for the Blind, the AFB reported that it can take up to 30 seconds to identify some products (particularly on round items), depends on lighting, and takes some practice.
Learn more at the Digit-Eyes website.
PenFriend (from
RNIB) is an audio-labeler only and useful for those who don't iPhone. It
allows users to record and re-record information onto self-adhesive
labels and then use the pen-shaped recorder to play them back. No other
device is required. Label food items, prescription bottles, add cooking
or other usage directions, record shopping lists, or leave audio
messages. No limit to recorded messages. Over 70 hours of recording time
available on the 1 GB internal memory. Comes with 127 labels of varying
sizes (msrp is $139.95). Learn more at this ILA web page
Disclaimer: AT Program News makes no endorsement, representation, or warranty expressed or implied for any product, device, or information set forth in this newsletter. AT Program News has not examined, reviewed, or tested any product or device referred to in this electronic newsletter or at atprogramnews.com.
Digit-Eyes is an
exciting new iPhone application. It is an audio labeler and product
code reader that costs far less than others like it on the market
($29.99 from Digital Miracles, LLC). Digit-Eyes reads standard UPC, EAN and even ISPN codes (on books). The application means that an iPhone can tell you the name of nearly any product in your house or at a store. It also allows you to print your own labels and make audio recordings that are read every time the label is scanned. This is useful for everything from prescription bottles to cooking directions.
In a review by the American Federation for the Blind, the AFB reported that it can take up to 30 seconds to identify some products (particularly on round items), depends on lighting, and takes some practice.
Learn more at the Digit-Eyes website.
PenFriend (from
RNIB) is an audio-labeler only and useful for those who don't iPhone. It
allows users to record and re-record information onto self-adhesive
labels and then use the pen-shaped recorder to play them back. No other
device is required. Label food items, prescription bottles, add cooking
or other usage directions, record shopping lists, or leave audio
messages. No limit to recorded messages. Over 70 hours of recording time
available on the 1 GB internal memory. Comes with 127 labels of varying
sizes (msrp is $139.95). Learn more at this ILA web pageDisclaimer: AT Program News makes no endorsement, representation, or warranty expressed or implied for any product, device, or information set forth in this newsletter. AT Program News has not examined, reviewed, or tested any product or device referred to in this electronic newsletter or at atprogramnews.com.
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