Barcode Reader Software?

[zyir01]

Heya folks,

I'm looking for a solution to scan ISBN codes from my book collection into a some sort of library or catalog database.
I'm wondering if someone here would know of a software that can be used on the HTC TyTN II (at&t Tilt), or any Win Mobile device with a camera.

I've found the Barcode/13 program, but that's only for palmOne Treo 600. I could work with something similar just to create a CVS file of ISBN numbers and transfer that to another program on my PC, but would rather have an all-in-one software.

Thanks,

Zyir

[Cybrid]

Heya folks,

I'm looking for a solution to scan ISBN codes from my book collection into a some sort of library or catalog database.
I'm wondering if someone here would know of a software that can be used on the HTC TyTN II (at&t Tilt), or any Win Mobile device with a camera.

I've found the Barcode/13 program, but that's only for palmOne Treo 600. I could work with something similar just to create a CVS file of ISBN numbers and transfer that to another program on my PC, but would rather have an all-in-one software.

Thanks,

Zyirhttp://smartphonethoughts.com/news/show/21904/microsoft-research-aura-barcode-reader-that-finds-product-information-on-the-web.html

[zyir01]

http://smartphonethoughts.com/news/show/21904/microsoft-research-aura-barcode-reader-that-finds-product-information-on-the-web.html

Can't get that now...
From the MS page link ... "Microsoft Research AURA project and all AURA services have terminated as of June 30, 2007."

From what I've found, that would have worked for what I want, but alas... It is no longer available.

[Cybrid]

http://research.microsoft.com/research/downloads/Details/591ccd7c-708e-4155-a568-71ee7b979e80/Details.aspx

It's seems to be still downloadable...

[zyir01]

http://research.microsoft.com/research/downloads/Details/591ccd7c-708e-4155-a568-71ee7b979e80/Details.aspx
It's seems to be still downloadable...

That's kinda nifty to play with, but I'm not finding any options to export the codes after they've been scanned. Also, it requires a 'manual' photo of the barcode; it opens the camera utility and ya use it like taking a normal macro photo (Zoom in, hope your hand is steady, and snap, then find a blurry image. Repeat multiple times until ya get a clear image that can be read).

I was able to scan a few items, but any lookups in the utility took me to a page that says the AURA program is no longer active, and thanks me for my interest. ;)

So, still hoping for something more like 'Barcode/13', or an inventory software that will make use of the device's camera.

Thanks for the link. It's definitely a step in the right direction.

[zyir01]

I've found a few more things, no real luck though...

QuickMark and i-nigma are great for 2D barcodes; they both make good use of the device's auto-focus and will read a 2D barcode without the need to manually take a photo. Though, neither of them will read 1D linear barcodes like the ISBN numbers on the books I'd like to scan.

Also, one person pointed out something that looks like it would work wonderfully, but I wasn't able to find any Windows Mobile software that uses it, nor a download for a working implementation: http://www.mobileama.com/Barcode.htm

Batoo ( http://people.inf.ethz.ch/adelmanr/batoo/ ) and Google's ZXing ( http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ ) are Java implementations that don't run on Windows Mobile devices. Yet.

So, does anyone else know of something that could be used to scan the ISBN barcodes of books with the Kaiser's camera?


Thanks,

Zyir