User guide

Scanning with the iPhone Camera (cont.)

Scanning Tips

Here are some tips on how to effectively use the scanning feature:

• Lighting - Using the camera to scan doesn't work well in low-light conditions. So make sure

that you have good, even lighting.

• Avoid glare - if your lighting is causing a glare on the bottle, it can wash out part of the barcode

making it difficult / impossible to scan.

• Keep the bottle still. We personally have trouble holding both the bottle and camera still at the

same time. It will be easier to place the bottle on the counter and hold the camera up to the

bottle. This works better than trying to hold both at the same time.

• The scanning works best when the barcode is centered in the viewing area on the scan Items

screen, and is filling the viewing area by about 70%.

• The camera should be parallel to the bottle. If the camera is tilted at an angle, it skews the

barcode and can make it difficult for BarkeepApp to recognize.

• If holding the camera still isn't scanning the barcode, then start out with the barcode filling the

viewing area at about 50% size. Then slowly move the camera towards the bottle so that the

barcode increases to 70-80% will help.

• Occasionally some barcodes just don't scan. It may be because the barcode is extremely long

& narrow and curves around the bottle too much - the barcode recognition package that is

integrated into BarkeepApp might be unable to recognize it.