Shelf Reader turns a whole shelf into a list of medicines in a minute: you photograph it or record a short video, Dawak picks out every pack and reads its name and quantity, and you review them on the picture itself.
How to use it
- Open Inventory, then Shelf Reader.
- Choose the purpose:
- Add to stock: what is on the shelf is added as a balance (good for starting up).
- Stock count: it is compared with what the system knows, then the differences are settled (needs the count permission).
- Choose the branch and the shelf (optional).
- Press Open the camera or choose from the gallery. In the camera take up to 6 photos, or film one short video (under two minutes and 150 MB; pan slowly across one shelf). The gallery button inside the camera lets you pick existing photos or a video instead. If you pick both, the video is used.
- Press Find the medicines.
Uploading and reading happen in the background, so do not wait. You find the snap in the "Earlier snaps" list with its status: reading, to review, done.
Reviewing on the picture
While it reads, the page shows the pictures the AI is looking at with a blue scanning layer moving over them, and a progress bar. A long video is read in groups of 8 frames, one after the other: the percentage moves on as each group is really finished (and a little inside the group being read, never to the end of it), and the medicines found so far are counted. If a reading seems stuck, or is not what you wanted, press Read again to start it over (the lines of that reading are replaced). A pack seen again in a later group is not counted twice.
After the reading, the review page opens:
- You see the picture (or video) with an outline around each pack Dawak read.
- Tap any line in the list and its pack is shaded on the picture; in a video it stops at the moment it appeared.
- Correct the name, quantity or expiry, or choose the right medicine if the AI got it wrong.
- Remove any line that is not a medicine.
Applying
When you are satisfied press Add to stock (or Send to the count). Dawak keeps the snap's record for good: the pictures, what was found and where it went.
Tips for better reading
- Good light matters more than resolution.
- Keep the pack names facing the camera, and do not shoot from far away.
- One shelf per snap is better than many shelves together.
- If nothing is read, shoot again from closer and with more light.
A note about video
Some desktop browsers cannot play a phone's video (the HEVC format). In that case you see the pictures taken from it with the outlines and a message explaining it, and the review works the same. Open the video on the phone if you want to play it.
The feature belongs to the AI plans, and every snap counts as one request against your monthly allowance, however many pictures it has.