Ross WintleJan 11, 2023

I’m a frickin genius.

Context: my kid is mildly allergic to citric acid and citric fruit. Brings out eczema. And citric acid is in SO many things. And it’s painful checking ingredients lists for it.

This morning I wondered: can my phone OCR the ingredients list and check it?

My first thought was to make a little web app. But there doesn’t seem to be a OCR in web browsers yet.

But I KNOW my phone can get text from images.

Then…

Apple Shortcuts!!!

CHECK THIS OUT!!!

Show threadRachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️
@ross I'm glad to hear that even now, people are still coming up with unique and amazing ideas for #SiriShortcuts, as someone who loved messing around with it extensively myself before I started caring about #FOSS. Heck, I was even using it back when it was called Workflows. It really helped me get into the idea of programming a lot more thanks to it's #accessibility.
Jan 11, 2023 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadRoss WintleJan 11, 2023
@RachaelAva1024 It’s my first shortcut! But yeah. Handy stuff. What else can it do? 🤔