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by: London calling - Sat, 3 Sep 2022 17:27 UTC

On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 18:31:00 -0000 (UTC), John Levine
<johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

>My local supermarket has a phone app that uses the phone's camera to
>scan the barcodes as I shop and put stuff in my bag. When I weigh veg,
>the scale shows a barcode I can scan, so I don't need to print a label
>or even to use a separate bag. When I get to the self-serve till, the
>app scans a barcode on the till's screen which then transfers the list
>to the till, and lets me finish there. The app only works when
>connected to the store's wifi which I imagine avoids a range of
>naughtiness.
>
>It's great, time at the till is usually under a minute. The app is
>Toshiba branded. Do they not have it where you are?
>
>My main complaint is that the supermarket has a separate shopping list
>app so I have to switch back and forth. That app sorts the list by
>aisle so I can make one pass through the store.

Ours (Sainsbury's) has a similar system. I prefer to use their
hand-held scanners though as their app doesn't stop my phone going to
sleep between items.

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scan me, baby, was Where to put my railcard	London calling

But Captain -- the engines can't take this much longer!

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