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!!!
@ross
Lots of food allergy and intolerances in my family. An app for this would be invaluable.
Maybe where you could configure a list of no-go words like
peanut
sucrose
citric
Etc
@syntaxseed No one would build an app like this though. The consequences if you got it wrong would be immense. You'd have your ass sued so fast!
Only use for minor allergies. Not stuff like nuts.
@MrPresidentTom @ross @syntaxseed@phpc.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soosee-allergy-vegan-scan/id1502026145 👀
Soosee scans ingredient labels instantly to warn you about ingredients you want to avoid. It includes more than 30 categories for common allergies, a vegan lifestyle, pregnant women, high environmental impact, additives, health and more! Point your camera at an ingredient list and words you have en…
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