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- Features.md: translate all Italian UI strings to English (chat examples, Avvia cottura → Start Cooking, Spiega → Explain, La quantità è giusta → correct) - Android-Kiosk.md: translate Italian button labels (Concedi permessi → Grant permissions, Rileva automaticamente → Auto-discover); fix REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES description (OTA kiosk self-updates, not scale APK); fix REORDER_TASKS description; add 'Header Overlay Buttons' section documenting the three web overlay buttons (✕ ↻ ⚙️) and the permanent native button hiding - Scale-Gateway.md: translate Italian button labels (Cerca Bilance Bluetooth → Find Bluetooth Scales, Leggi bilancia → Read Scale, Disconnetti/Riconnetti → Disconnect/Reconnect) - FAQ.md: translate all Italian strings (AI non disponibile → AI not available, Bring! non configurato, Leggi bilancia, Carica altri → Load more); replace outdated 'Gateway install fails' section (separate APK no longer exists for kiosk users) with 'Kiosk app update fails'; update ✕ button description to reflect the new 3-button overlay (✕ ↻ ⚙️); restore missing Getting Help section - Home.md: update What's New v1.7.13 with complete list of changes; mark evershelf-scale-gateway/ as DEPRECATED in repo structure
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# ✨ Features
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A complete walkthrough of EverShelf's features.
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---
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## 📦 Inventory Management
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### Adding Products
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- Tap **➕** to open the add form
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- Search by name or scan a barcode
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- Select storage location: Pantry, Fridge, Freezer, or a custom location
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- Enter quantity and expiry date (or let AI estimate it)
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- Mark as vacuum-sealed or opened for adjusted shelf-life calculation
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### Barcode Scanning
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Tap the barcode icon to open the camera scanner (QuaggaJS). The app:
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1. Checks your local database first
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2. Falls back to [Open Food Facts](https://world.openfoodfacts.org/) for unknown barcodes
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3. Pre-fills the product form with name, brand, category
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### AI Product Identification
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Point the camera at any product — Gemini identifies it and:
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- Shows matching products **already in your pantry** first
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- Suggests a new product entry with pre-filled fields
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- Provides a storage location hint and estimated shelf-life
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### Storage Locations
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| Location | Icon | Notes |
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| Pantry | 🏠 | Room temperature |
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| Fridge | ❄️ | Refrigerated |
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| Freezer | 🧊 | Frozen |
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| Custom | 📦 | Any name you choose |
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### Opened Product Tracking
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When you partially use a product and mark it as "opened":
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- Shelf-life is recalculated from the opening date
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- Uses AI (Gemini) + per-category rules (e.g. fish: 2 days, milk: 3 days)
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- Whole sealed packages always keep their original manufacturer expiry
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- Products with mixed whole + fractional units show as two separate entries
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### Vacuum-Sealed Support
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Mark any product as vacuum-sealed to extend its estimated expiry date (typically 2–3× the normal shelf-life).
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---
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## 🤖 AI Features (Google Gemini)
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All AI features require a `GEMINI_API_KEY` in `.env`. They degrade gracefully when the key is missing or quota is exceeded.
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### Expiry Date Reading
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Photograph the label on a product — Gemini extracts the expiry date and fills the field automatically.
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### Product Identification
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Camera-based identification with pantry matching. See [Adding Products](#adding-products) above.
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### Storage & Shelf-life Hint
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When adding a new product, a background Gemini call suggests:
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- Optimal storage location
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- Estimated shelf-life in days
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Shown as an inline AI badge next to the expiry estimate. Does not block the form.
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### Recipe Generation
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Tap **🍳 Recipes** → **Generate Recipe** to get a recipe using:
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- Ingredients about to expire (prioritised)
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- What's currently in your pantry
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- Your language preference
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Recipes stream live via Server-Sent Events so results appear as they are generated.
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### AI Chat Assistant
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Open **💬 Chat** to ask questions like:
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- "What can I make with eggs and pasta?"
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- "How long does cooked ham last once opened in the fridge?"
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- "Suggest a quick snack"
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The assistant knows your current inventory.
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### Shopping Suggestions with Tips
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Smart shopping predictions include a short AI-generated practical tip per item (e.g. "Buy the 2 kg bag — it freezes well").
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### Anomaly Explanation
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When the dashboard shows a suspicious quantity banner, tap **🤖 Spiega** to get a plain-language explanation of why the discrepancy likely occurred and what to do about it.
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### Model Fallback
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All AI endpoints try `gemini-2.5-flash` first and automatically fall back to `gemini-2.0-flash` if unavailable.
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## 🛒 Shopping List (Bring! Integration)
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Configure `BRING_EMAIL` and `BRING_PASSWORD` in `.env` to enable.
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### Features
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- **View and manage** your Bring! list inside EverShelf
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- **Auto-add on depletion** — when stock hits zero, the product is added to Bring! automatically
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- **Auto-remove on scan** — scanning a product in removes it from the shopping list
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- **Generic names** — products are grouped by type ("Latte", "Panna da cucina") not brand, keeping the list clean
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- **Auto-migration** — items already on Bring! are silently renamed to their generic name on list load
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- **Catalog coverage** — 100+ product types mapped to Bring! catalog keys for icons and categories in the Bring! app
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- **AI fallback** — unknown product types use Gemini to determine the best generic name
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## 🍳 Cooking Mode
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Start cooking mode from any recipe by tapping **▶ Start Cooking**.
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### Features
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- **Step-by-step guidance** — fullscreen, distraction-free interface
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- **Text-to-Speech** — each step is read aloud automatically when you navigate; supports:
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- Browser Web Speech API (default)
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- Native Android TTS (kiosk app)
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- Custom REST endpoint (e.g. Home Assistant)
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- **Built-in timers** — automatic timer suggestions based on recipe text; 10-second vocal countdown warning before expiry
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- **Ingredient tracking** — mark ingredients as used; leftover quantities prompt a "move to another location" flow
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- **Recipe completion** — "Buon appetito!" *(Enjoy your meal!)* spoken on the last step
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## 📊 Dashboard
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### Inventory Overview
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Three stat cards at the top show item counts for Pantry, Fridge, and Freezer with animated skeleton loading while data fetches.
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### Expiry Alerts Banner
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Priority-sorted notifications for:
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- Expired products (with safety assessment — green ✅ safe, amber 👀 check, red 🚫 danger)
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- Products expiring within 3 days
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Actions per item: Use, Throw away, Edit, Dismiss. Swipe or tap arrows to navigate.
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### Anomaly Banner
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Highlights suspicious quantities (e.g. "You have 0 eggs but used 12 this month"). Actions:
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- One-tap correction to the suggested quantity
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- Inline edit with free-form quantity
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- "🤖 Explain" for AI explanation
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- Dismiss (with current quantity shown: "The quantity is correct (2 pcs)")
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### Anti-Waste Report
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Shows your waste rate vs. the national average with an estimated annual kg of food wasted.
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### Quick Recipe Bar
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One-tap recipe suggestion using the ingredients closest to expiry.
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---
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## 📱 Progressive Web App (PWA)
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EverShelf is installable as a PWA on any device:
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1. Open in Chrome/Safari/Edge
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2. Tap **"Add to Home Screen"** (browser menu)
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3. Launch from the home screen like a native app
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Features:
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- Offline-capable shell (assets cached)
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- Full-screen mode on mobile
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- Multi-device: all data syncs via the shared server
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---
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## 🔔 Update Notifications
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When a new EverShelf release is published on GitHub, a small pill appears in the header. Click it to see the changelog. Checked on load and every 30 minutes.
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## 🌍 Multi-language
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The app auto-detects your browser language. Supported: 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇬🇧 English, 🇩🇪 German.
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Change the language in **Settings → Language**.
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See [Translations](Translations) to add a new language.
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---
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## ↩ Transaction History & Undo
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**Settings → Storico** shows all inventory operations (adds, uses, throws).
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- Any operation within the **last 24 hours** shows a red ↩ undo button
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- Tapping ↩ shows a 5-second countdown confirmation before reversing the transaction
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- The original stock is restored and a counter-transaction is logged
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---
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## 🔒 Security Features
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- API keys never exposed to the browser (`get_settings` returns boolean flags only)
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- `save_settings` protected by optional `SETTINGS_TOKEN` (validated with `hash_equals`)
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- `DEMO_MODE=true` blocks all write operations at the PHP router level
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- Parameterized SQL queries (PDO prepared statements) throughout
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- Input validation on all inventory operations (quantity bounds, location whitelist)
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- See [Configuration](Configuration) for details
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