DietRadar - Ingredient Scanner for Android

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Developer’s Description

Scan the ingredients on food labels in real time against a pre configured diet.

DietRadar uses Augmented Reality (AR) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technologies in order to read ingredients on food labels in real time and compare them with your diet. Works offline so is perfect for people who do not have access to the internet while shopping.DietRadar currently only works with the English language.DietRadar comes pre-loaded with 7 different diets: Vegetarian Vegan Dairy Free Gluten Free FODMAPs Salicylate Free Palm Oil FreeThese diets cover many of the hidden and hard to remember ingredients we find in modern day food products. The diets can be modified in order to achieve a complete listing of all the ingredients you can't have.To scan a food product simply hold the camera steady on the ingredients label and watch as the ingredients you can't eat are printed in red and surrounded by a red rectangle. For detection tips and further explanation read the help section within the app.Permissions: Camera - This is to allow for the detection of ingredients using the devices camera. Internet - This is required for the first time use of the app to download device specific optimizations. Also used to display Ads. Vibrate - Allows the device to vibrate when detecting a black listed ingredient. Access network state - Allows the app to check whether or not the user has a network connection.Icons used are from http://icons8.com/Recent changes:Added diets screen for diet selection.Added about sectionContent rating: Everyone