I realize zxing is great, but is there any chance of supporting other
barcode readers in ODK? I ask because it does not seem like zxing will
support 1D barcodes on fixed focus cameras anytime soon.
I am specifically looking to use the barcode reader with the
inexpensive IDEOS phone, and wondering if you might add integration
with some of the other bar-code readers which do not require autofocus
(such as pic2shop or red laser)? While they are not open-source, I
believe they offer directions on how to integrate them into your app (http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html
).
Thanks!
Louis
hi louis,
red laser costs $2.5k minimum and i believe they prevent you from
distributing that library for all the different forks of odk. pic2shop
is free but i believe it requires a data connection to do anything
with the scan. has either of these worked well for you on the ideos in
kenya?
yaw
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:18, Louis Fazen wrote:
> I realize zxing is great, but is there any chance of supporting other
> barcode readers in ODK? I ask because it does not seem like zxing will
> support 1D barcodes on fixed focus cameras anytime soon.
>
> I am specifically looking to use the barcode reader with the inexpensive
> IDEOS phone, and wondering if you might add integration with some of the
> other bar-code readers which do not require autofocus (such as pic2shop or
> red laser)? While they are not open-source, I believe they offer directions
> on how to integrate them into your app
> (http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html).
>
> Thanks!
> Louis
>
Yes, pic2shop works well. its actually very fast on IDEOS. I noticed
on the pic2shop developer page (below) that there might be opportunity
to integrate with ODK by passing info through URL strings. I would
love to see that occur without a data connection though! I wonder if
it is worth contacting Vision Smarts directly about that? Otherwise,
do you know if zxing is ever going to add this functionality?
···
On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
hi louis,
red laser costs $2.5k minimum and i believe they prevent you from
distributing that library for all the different forks of odk. pic2shop
is free but i believe it requires a data connection to do anything
with the scan. has either of these worked well for you on the ideos in
kenya?
yaw
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:18, Louis Fazen louis.fazen@gmail.com wrote:
I realize zxing is great, but is there any chance of supporting other
barcode readers in ODK? I ask because it does not seem like zxing
will
support 1D barcodes on fixed focus cameras anytime soon.
I am specifically looking to use the barcode reader with the
inexpensive
IDEOS phone, and wondering if you might add integration with some
of the
other bar-code readers which do not require autofocus (such as
pic2shop or
red laser)? While they are not open-source, I believe they offer
directions
on how to integrate them into your app
(http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html).
Thanks!
Louis
it is probably worth contacting both vision smarts, zxing and the red
laser folks. if they can offer a way for us to do this through intents
or through a distributable library, then great. is this something we
can put you in charge of?
···
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 07:28, Louis Fazen wrote:
> Yes, pic2shop works well. its actually very fast on IDEOS. I noticed on
> the pic2shop developer page (below) that there might be opportunity to
> integrate with ODK by passing info through URL strings. I would love to see
> that occur without a data connection though! I wonder if it is worth
> contacting Vision Smarts directly about that? Otherwise, do you know if
> zxing is ever going to add this functionality?
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
>
>> hi louis,
>>
>> red laser costs $2.5k minimum and i believe they prevent you from
>> distributing that library for all the different forks of odk. pic2shop
>> is free but i believe it requires a data connection to do anything
>> with the scan. has either of these worked well for you on the ideos in
>> kenya?
>>
>> yaw
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:18, Louis Fazen wrote:
>>>
>>> I realize zxing is great, but is there any chance of supporting other
>>> barcode readers in ODK? I ask because it does not seem like zxing will
>>> support 1D barcodes on fixed focus cameras anytime soon.
>>>
>>> I am specifically looking to use the barcode reader with the inexpensive
>>> IDEOS phone, and wondering if you might add integration with some of the
>>> other bar-code readers which do not require autofocus (such as pic2shop
>>> or
>>> red laser)? While they are not open-source, I believe they offer
>>> directions
>>> on how to integrate them into your app
>>> (http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html).
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Louis
>>>
>
>
no problem, i am on it!
inquiring with the zxing folks right now.
in the meantime, good and bad news from pic2shop:
"You can use pic2shop as an external scanner on Android (intent) or
iPhone (custom URL) without an internet connection. Regarding
VSBarcodeReader, our license terms depend on the scope of your app. I
assume it is not a comparison shopping app. In how many countries
would it available?
I have to warn you about fixed focus cameras: it is ok for casual use
(shopping), but scanning errors do occur, so they may not be suitable
for professional/medical uses..."
So, maybe it is not worth working it into ODK? Thoughts?
···
On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
it is probably worth contacting both vision smarts, zxing and the red
laser folks. if they can offer a way for us to do this through intents
or through a distributable library, then great. is this something we
can put you in charge of?
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 07:28, Louis Fazen louis.fazen@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, pic2shop works well. its actually very fast on IDEOS. I
noticed on
the pic2shop developer page (below) that there might be opportunity
to
integrate with ODK by passing info through URL strings. I would
love to see
that occur without a data connection though! I wonder if it is worth
contacting Vision Smarts directly about that? Otherwise, do you
know if
zxing is ever going to add this functionality?
On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
hi louis,
red laser costs $2.5k minimum and i believe they prevent you from
distributing that library for all the different forks of odk.
pic2shop
is free but i believe it requires a data connection to do anything
with the scan. has either of these worked well for you on the
ideos in
kenya?
yaw
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:18, Louis Fazen louis.fazen@gmail.com wrote:
I realize zxing is great, but is there any chance of supporting
other
barcode readers in ODK? I ask because it does not seem like zxing
will
support 1D barcodes on fixed focus cameras anytime soon.
I am specifically looking to use the barcode reader with the
inexpensive
IDEOS phone, and wondering if you might add integration with some
of the
other bar-code readers which do not require autofocus (such as
pic2shop
or
red laser)? While they are not open-source, I believe they offer
directions
on how to integrate them into your app
(http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html).
Thanks!
Louis
we don't need any of the embedded library if pic2shop works as they
say. it seems worth it for fixed focus cameras.
next question is how to call their app from an intent. can't see any
documentation on their website. something like this code snippet here
http://code.google.com/p/zxing/wiki/ScanningViaIntent is what i'm
looking for. get that, and it should be trivial to support the
scanner.
···
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 02:25, Louis Fazen wrote:
> no problem, i am on it!
>
> inquiring with the zxing folks right now.
>
> in the meantime, good and bad news from pic2shop:
>
> "You can use pic2shop as an external scanner on Android (intent) or iPhone
> (custom URL) without an internet connection. Regarding VSBarcodeReader, our
> license terms depend on the scope of your app. I assume it is not a
> comparison shopping app. In how many countries would it available?
>
> I have to warn you about fixed focus cameras: it is ok for casual use
> (shopping), but scanning errors do occur, so they may not be suitable for
> professional/medical uses..."
>
> So, maybe it is not worth working it into ODK? Thoughts?
>
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
>
>> it is probably worth contacting both vision smarts, zxing and the red
>> laser folks. if they can offer a way for us to do this through intents
>> or through a distributable library, then great. is this something we
>> can put you in charge of?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 07:28, Louis Fazen wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, pic2shop works well. its actually very fast on IDEOS. I noticed on
>>> the pic2shop developer page (below) that there might be opportunity to
>>> integrate with ODK by passing info through URL strings. I would love to
>>> see
>>> that occur without a data connection though! I wonder if it is worth
>>> contacting Vision Smarts directly about that? Otherwise, do you know if
>>> zxing is ever going to add this functionality?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi louis,
>>>>
>>>> red laser costs $2.5k minimum and i believe they prevent you from
>>>> distributing that library for all the different forks of odk. pic2shop
>>>> is free but i believe it requires a data connection to do anything
>>>> with the scan. has either of these worked well for you on the ideos in
>>>> kenya?
>>>>
>>>> yaw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:18, Louis Fazen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I realize zxing is great, but is there any chance of supporting other
>>>>> barcode readers in ODK? I ask because it does not seem like zxing will
>>>>> support 1D barcodes on fixed focus cameras anytime soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am specifically looking to use the barcode reader with the
>>>>> inexpensive
>>>>> IDEOS phone, and wondering if you might add integration with some of
>>>>> the
>>>>> other bar-code readers which do not require autofocus (such as pic2shop
>>>>> or
>>>>> red laser)? While they are not open-source, I believe they offer
>>>>> directions
>>>>> on how to integrate them into your app
>>>>> (http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Louis
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>