richh

Colleague currently at a trade show. Being given press kits by exhibitors which are usually a business card with a QR code (and no URL).

He is sending me photos of these cards in WhatsApp.

Reading QR codes is part of the camera app, so I can't (easily) interrogate the image directly (I'm sure there's a way).

Current workflow:
* Airdrop image to laptop
* Use phone camera to scan QR code on laptop screen
* Airdrop the resulting URL to the laptop and retrieve the press kit

Gimme a f-ing URL. Even if it's a bit.ly
🤦‍♂️

#computerswereamistake

Mar 5 at 9:54amWeb
Show threadrichhMar 5

So there is a way, sort of. If I save the image out of WhatsApp into the camera roll, the Photos app has "live text" which detects and parses text and QR codes.

The sheer bandwidth and storage that's tied up in transmitting short text strings around the world. Jeez.