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From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Date: Oct 8, 2018 11:31PM

In some (or actually most) of the merchant places here in India, we use
Paytm interestingly, as the app triggers the QR code, it sounds a beep. So
that alerts us if we have scanned QR code.

I think something like that should be implemented.
Regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com

Let's create an inclusive web!

Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica



On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 8:01 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> That just sounds like a bad QR code reading program. We are currently
> doing functionality testing on an application that has a QR code reader and
> I am always astounded how fast it reads the codes. You don't need to keep
> the phone still even for a fraction of a second. As soon as the QR code is
> in view of the camera it gets read instantly - even before my eyes have
> registered that it's fully within the viewfinder. The QR code only needs to
> occupy a few percent of the viewfinder, so you can just wave the camera in
> the general direction of the QR code and there is no need to worry about
> centring it. It also works at an oblique angle so there is no need for the
> camera to be parallel with the QR code.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
>