Can this scan barcodes aswell?
That seems like a useful feature.
Tohands – Smart calculator for small businesses
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#22This product page is just terrible. I went through it, played a couple noisy videos, I could not even read the labels of the 3 first rows of buttons, I have no idea how it exactly works... Surely just adding and subtracting like the video shows doesn't record cash in hands etc?
Hi, I work at Tohands. Thankyou for the feedback! We're confident that you'll notice significant positive changes in the upcoming months. We would love if we can get more feedbacks for your end in order to be better.
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#23Syncs with their phone app, to keep a track of bills and expenses. Based on the Espressif ESP32. Quite handy for small shop owners who can't have a full-blown computer+screen cash register. Disclaimer: I am working as a freelancer for their next version of hardware that will be based on Linux.
Anujdesh, this is amazing.
Is the calculator being manufactured fully in India or shipped from China? Curious.
Love the WiFi connected ability. Does the user have any choice on what api they want to export to? Or it has to be a specific app?
Even in the US, 90+% of gifts bought for Christmas are made in China. Almost anything containing electronics, plastics and some kind of plush fabric / faux leather seems to be made in China.
I wish the world didn’t depend on China so much.
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#24This product page is just terrible. I went through it, played a couple noisy videos, I could not even read the labels of the 3 first rows of buttons, I have no idea how it exactly works... Surely just adding and subtracting like the video shows doesn't record cash in hands etc?
Hi, I work at Tohands. Thankyou for the feedback! We're confident that you'll notice significant positive changes in the upcoming months. We would love if we can get more feedbacks for your end in order to be better.
Simply posting your product manual online ought to be easy for you and helpful for your potential customers.
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#25[Serious] Can you not just connect a physical numpad to your phone and use the phone screen as display?
Because these are businesses that are probably using a calculator anyway.
It's very much a cultural thing - punch numbers into the calculator and pass it back and forth when negotiating on a price, or add up the costs on a physical calculator on your market stall. You aren't giving receipts or anything, so hard to keep track.
I'm in the UK so don't see it often, but if you go to India / Vietnam / Thailand etc you see lots of people punching numbers into calculators everywhere rather than using some sort of POS system.
Asking why you don't just use your phone with a numberpad is missing that the selling point here is that the user interface IS a calculator.
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#26Syncs with their phone app, to keep a track of bills and expenses. Based on the Espressif ESP32. Quite handy for small shop owners who can't have a full-blown computer+screen cash register. Disclaimer: I am working as a freelancer for their next version of hardware that will be based on Linux.
Anujdesh, this is amazing. Is the calculator being manufactured fully in India or shipped from China? Curious. Love the WiFi connected ability. Does the user have any choice on what api they want to export to? Or it has to be a specific app? Even in the US, 90+% of gifts bought for Christmas are made in China. Almost anything containing electronics, plastics and some kind of plush fabric / faux leather seems to be ma…
The name is split as:
Anuj Deshpande
So Anuj is probably what you wanna call him on first name basis :)
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#27would you people be interested in opening up the api to connect to third party softwares? i have [gnukhata]( https://gnukhata.org/ ) which is AGPL licensed accounting software and this would be great synergy between local hardware and software.
Genuine question: would this software also have to become AGPL licenced, if it's connecting over a network?
Nope. Thats never the case. you'd just open an api which hopefully the devs will make a connector for.
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#28i have a fundamental problem with "accounting" for small businesses. 1. if they are registered with GST, they should probably start maintaining inventory and for that,this device is not useful. 2. if they are NOT registered with GST, they can't even bother with this because nowadays UPI is becoming the norm and all sale gets recorded there anyway. this would only serve the niche of "not-registered for GST and using c…
If the device is cheap enough(so theft is not a concern), and it has a wifi signal, a barcode scanner could easily be plugged in, or added wirelessly so it can track SKUs or whatever the shop uses. It syncs to a more powerful device which can maintain inventory counts .
Oooooooo
Now you are talking.
The website does NOT explain this. I read about the app which is meh. You end up like thousands of copycat khata apps that do single entry accounting.
Didnt test your app but that is quite difficult to do on its own so if you are able to connect with existing accounting softwares, then it can be much better.
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#30This is great. If you mistakenly cash in/out, is there an undo? I get the logic of it, but I wouldn't put those two buttons right next to each other.
yes a ux disaster