QR Code Revival
Speaking QR Codes are so powerful
Some ideas how and where to use speaking QR Codes as well as sources how to generate and scan them.
Speaking QR Codes are so powerful
Some ideas how and where to use speaking QR Codes as well as sources how to generate and scan them.
What was I looking for?
Main focus of this journey into the Android world of apps was related to reading.
(Probably not only for visually impaired people but even people who "just need reading glasses" or people with dyslexia, etc.)
Magnification is essential
Thanks to Androids Accessibility features, the screen magnification is already of great help. Combined with a magnifier app, it becomes already even more useful.
Text-to-Speech is so much help …
Fortunately, TTS is getting better and better, and helps a lot reading on-screen or captured texts.
BUT here must be more …
Thinking of hints to help in everyday life, I came across QR Codes and NFC Tags.
Even though the idea of QR Codes(Quick Response Codes) is rather old, it seems it has mainly been used for marketing purposes rather than for improving people's lives.
NFC Tags (Near Field Communication) is getting more popular theses days and more and more phones are equipped with the required technology.
Both of them have enormous potential to help VIPs and other people, and I will just mention a few at t his stage.
This "private need" grew into wild ideas.
… by having these codes around us, and let's develop a way to create them effectively and securely without compromising data, i.e. the ability to produce them offline.
And let's think about hout to spread the idea and make it happen everywhere.
Let our smartphones be our best eye.
QR Codes
NFC Tags
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Text on QR Code:
Primary Care - go straight ahead
Lab - go straight ahead
Nephfology Clinic - go left
Rehabilitation - go left
Imaging - go left
Orthopedics- go left
Community room- go right
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Text on QR Code:
Route TD10: From Valletta to Marsaxlokk (Sundays only)
This route operates on the following Bus Stops: Valletta A6 / Xerriex (Stop here to get to Marsaxlokk Market)
First Bus departing from Valletta: 09:15
Last Bus departing from Valletta: 11:15
Frequency: Every half hour
First Bus departing from Marsaxlokk: 13:15
Last Bus departing from Marsaxlokk: 16:15
Frequency: Every half hour
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Text on QR Code:
Application Form to be registered in the European Union Electoral Register as a
voter for the Election of Members of the European Parliament
(photo)
Text on QR Code:
Ramipril 5
½ - 0 - ½
(photo)
Text on QR Code:
Grüne Bohnen
(meaning "Green Beams"; here a German label for a change)
(photo)
Text on QR Code:
Partitions:
Work/Priv/Media
Text on QR Code:
Humus, purée de pois chiches
(here a French label for a change)
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Text on QR Code:
Name: Maria Montana, Emergency Contact: Mario Montana (husband),
Mobile: +999 8885 7777
Medical History: Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Pacemaker, etc...
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Text on QR Code:
WIFI:S:
P:
After downloading a QR Scanner app, any smartphone user can read the information in the QR Code. By just pointing the camera at the code.
Depending on their size, these Codes can take up to 4,296 alphanumerical characters in a standard QR Code.
Benefits for the end-user
Benefits for the end-user might include the following:
Benefits for the QR Code provider
Benefits for the QR Code provide might include the following:
There are 2 main target groups:
