But, but, I have hands and a pen and paper. Why do I need to speak into something to get a printed list?

Would be nice if you could download a specific store's layout, then have it put the list in aisle order for faster shopping.

thats a lot of money for a voice recorder.
I could just make a list and print it

We make our grocery lists on the back of old envelopes.
Include the freebie trade show pens and we're looking at a 150-dollar net gain over that solution.

That's alot of raisin tea biscuits.

i meant, my wife could make a list and print it

In addition to the cool part of using voice recognition and not dealing with lost or multiple lists, this organizes your printed list by category so that as you're going down the snack aisle, you'll pick up both cookies and doritos. Cool. However, this needs to be priced at $79 or less and then I'll get one for my parents and myself.

I wonder if it adds it's own batteries and paper to your list??

"You know while you're at it..."

The best feature is the alphabetically-ordered list, where popcorn comes after pork chops and orange juice comes after popcorn.

I just send myself a text message, and deal with it on that level - if you will.

I've already rendered this new device obsolete with a pen and some paper.

it puts the items in alphabetical order? in what alphabet is "o" in between "p" and "s"? and shouldn't popcorn come first alphabetically before pork chops? definitely looks like it's worth $250.

The main advantage of the SmartShopper is categorizing the items so your trip through the store is optimized. All the snacks together, all the dairy together, etc. It is aimed at the busy mom who wants to make one trip down each aisle and get everything. Also lets the whole family add items they need.

This isn't a device for those of us who just buy beer, chips, and frozen dinners. :)

It is cool to see a device I designed make it onto Gizmodo! I did the electrical design and most of the low level software. It uses a BlackFin DSP and an Atmel AVR micro.

That's a waste of time/money if I've ever seen it. Pen and paper is cheaper and easier ("I said Dortio's, not Tostito's!"). Thumbs down.

Fortunately, my friendly neighbourhood supermarket ALSO stocks all its products in alphabetical order. This is going to make shopping a breeze!

Just got it. It works quite well, easily recognizing my three-year-old son's request for "chocolate milk". The printout clusters items according to category (e.g., the chocolate milk is categorized as dairy). This solves the problem of my wife being unable to read my handwriting. The main problem is the rolls of thermal paper are tiny and won't last long.

Where can I purchase one?

Where can I get one?

I would just like to say this is an awesome gift for the "ELDERLY", who may have arthritis or memory laspes. It can be quite "HANDY" for them instead of PEN and PAPER! So you young whipper snappers who still don't have a problem writing and remembering what you need, please continue using the caveman way of pen & paper.

Haven't these been available for 5 bucks for years on the soon defunc Cour TV channel for folks who can't remember where they parked there car? G-9, milk, butter, bread. The commercial illustrates these fabulous suggestions for those without memory or imagination. And that one had sold with a key chain attachment.