Description
MagnificoReader helps you to choose healthy food and drinks by detecting the incorporated additives. This app combines an intelligent magnifying glass for improved readability
and a database with comprehensive explanation of the food additive properties and possible hazards. MagnificoReader works autonomously on a smart phone without internet
connection and thus protects your privacy.
How to use MagnificoReader:
Open the app and align the pointer with the word to scan. If needed, improve the focus by pushing the left-side button. The usual distance to get the best focus is 10-15 cm. The
magnified image of the text appears on the top of the screen. After few seconds the E-code of the detected additive comes out on the screen. Go to a list of possible additives
by pushing the right-side button. On the right of each additive a button with symbol will link you to additional information. A button "green apple " shows for additives
considered safe; an "orange check mark" - for additives with not fully understood properties or controversial information; a "red cross mark" - for additives considered
potentially dangerous from a large number of sources.
Features:
All-in one: magnifying glass, scanner and additive database
Easy to use
Internet connection is not required
Acknowledgments:
This application is developed as a project of Social-IN3 cooperative: http://www.social-in3.coop/en/cooperative.html.
We are grateful to Prof. Lovis, University Hospitals of Geneva, for the helpful discussion and advices.
Text recognition is based on Tesseract OCR
The permission of using information and data for additives from http://www.additifs-alimentaires.net is kindly acknowledged. The application also contains information from Open
Food Facts database which is available at http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/ under the Open Database License: ODbL http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/.
and a database with comprehensive explanation of the food additive properties and possible hazards. MagnificoReader works autonomously on a smart phone without internet
connection and thus protects your privacy.
How to use MagnificoReader:
Open the app and align the pointer with the word to scan. If needed, improve the focus by pushing the left-side button. The usual distance to get the best focus is 10-15 cm. The
magnified image of the text appears on the top of the screen. After few seconds the E-code of the detected additive comes out on the screen. Go to a list of possible additives
by pushing the right-side button. On the right of each additive a button with symbol will link you to additional information. A button "green apple " shows for additives
considered safe; an "orange check mark" - for additives with not fully understood properties or controversial information; a "red cross mark" - for additives considered
potentially dangerous from a large number of sources.
Features:
All-in one: magnifying glass, scanner and additive database
Easy to use
Internet connection is not required
Acknowledgments:
This application is developed as a project of Social-IN3 cooperative: http://www.social-in3.coop/en/cooperative.html.
We are grateful to Prof. Lovis, University Hospitals of Geneva, for the helpful discussion and advices.
Text recognition is based on Tesseract OCR
The permission of using information and data for additives from http://www.additifs-alimentaires.net is kindly acknowledged. The application also contains information from Open
Food Facts database which is available at http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/ under the Open Database License: ODbL http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/.
Old Versions
- 09/27/2022: Magnifico Reader 2.1
- Report a new version
- App Name: Magnifico Reader
- Category: Health & Fitness
- App Code: ch.avantgardvision.magnificoreader
- Version: 2.1
- Requirement: 2.3.3 or higher
- File Size : 23.24 MB
- Updated: 2022-09-27
