fun thing to do -- bar code scanner using cheap web cam
ChrisC suggested the idea the other day and later I ran across-- http://en.barcodepedia.com/download http://parentnode.org/flash/easy-to-embed-webcam-based-barcode-scanner-in-fl... just needs some clever and bored person to do some integration and suddenly Koha gets cheap easy bar code scanner (I'd take a stab at this myself but don't have a reliable set up.) -reed
I actually submitted this as an enhancement request a couple years ago :) http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=1937 So - if you do something about it, just update the bug. Nicole On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Reed Wade <reedwade@gmail.com> wrote:
ChrisC suggested the idea the other day and later I ran across--
http://en.barcodepedia.com/download http://parentnode.org/flash/easy-to-embed-webcam-based-barcode-scanner-in-fl...
just needs some clever and bored person to do some integration and suddenly Koha gets cheap easy bar code scanner
(I'd take a stab at this myself but don't have a reliable set up.)
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And adding to that, you could theoretically use the cam in a device like a smartphone to read barcodes too. There are apps that do this already, and it would be so cool to have an app for koha so librarians could tote their smart(device) out into the stacks to do inventory/other maintenance/reference live without a laptop. Liz On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:58 AM, Nicole Engard wrote:
I actually submitted this as an enhancement request a couple years ago :) http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=1937 So - if you do something about it, just update the bug.
Nicole
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Reed Wade <reedwade@gmail.com> wrote:
ChrisC suggested the idea the other day and later I ran across--
http://en.barcodepedia.com/download http://parentnode.org/flash/easy-to-embed-webcam-based-barcode-scanner-in-fl...
just needs some clever and bored person to do some integration and suddenly Koha gets cheap easy bar code scanner
(I'd take a stab at this myself but don't have a reliable set up.)
-reed _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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I got it to work on my Android phone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tpYOeD4bv4 On 16 February 2010 06:36, Liz Rea <lrea@nekls.org> wrote:
And adding to that, you could theoretically use the cam in a device like a smartphone to read barcodes too. There are apps that do this already, and it would be so cool to have an app for koha so librarians could tote their smart(device) out into the stacks to do inventory/other maintenance/reference live without a laptop.
Liz On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:58 AM, Nicole Engard wrote:
I actually submitted this as an enhancement request a couple years ago :) http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=1937 So - if you do something about it, just update the bug.
Nicole
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Reed Wade <reedwade@gmail.com> wrote:
ChrisC suggested the idea the other day and later I ran across--
http://parentnode.org/flash/easy-to-embed-webcam-based-barcode-scanner-in-fl...
just needs some clever and bored person to do some integration and suddenly Koha gets cheap easy bar code scanner
(I'd take a stab at this myself but don't have a reliable set up.)
-reed _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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! that's pretty slick -- but bad for me, I've been struggling with not heading down the freaky phone imports store and buying an HTC Magic.. -reed 2010/2/16 Mark Osborne <mosborne@ashs.school.nz>:
I got it to work on my Android phone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tpYOeD4bv4
On 16 February 2010 06:36, Liz Rea <lrea@nekls.org> wrote:
And adding to that, you could theoretically use the cam in a device like a smartphone to read barcodes too. There are apps that do this already, and it would be so cool to have an app for koha so librarians could tote their smart(device) out into the stacks to do inventory/other maintenance/reference live without a laptop.
Liz On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:58 AM, Nicole Engard wrote:
I actually submitted this as an enhancement request a couple years ago :) http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=1937 So - if you do something about it, just update the bug.
Nicole
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Reed Wade <reedwade@gmail.com> wrote:
ChrisC suggested the idea the other day and later I ran across--
http://en.barcodepedia.com/download
http://parentnode.org/flash/easy-to-embed-webcam-based-barcode-scanner-in-fl...
just needs some clever and bored person to do some integration and suddenly Koha gets cheap easy bar code scanner
(I'd take a stab at this myself but don't have a reliable set up.)
-reed _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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-- Hei konā mai,
Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School. Google Map: http://bit.ly/7cchi3 http://wikieducator.org/Albany_Senior_High_School http://wikieducator.org/Albany_Senior_High_School/ICTs
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