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We need a modern opensource barcode reader. The best thing (zxing) is in maintenance mode, and the newer barcode scanners with niceties like neural scan, 90% sc
by teolemon 6y ago
We need a modern opensource barcode reader. The best thing (zxing) is in maintenance mode, and the newer barcode scanners with niceties like neural scan, 90% scan, bortched barcode scan are all closed source.
- mark-r 6y agoI tried to write my own scanner in Python, but couldn't get it reliable enough to release. Is there anything wrong with maintenance mode if it works?
- turminal 6y agoIn my experience it doesn't really work that well. I was trying to make a barcode scanner out of a raspberry pi with a camera module during a hackathon once. What an absolute nightmare.
- mark-r 6y agoMy code probably would have worked with good image quality, but I wanted something more robust that would work with a cheap webcam. I imagine the pi camera module is about the same.
- turminal 6y agoYeah, image quality was what made us abandon the idea but before that I found it really troublesome to setup and use zxing to do anything at all.
- ficklepickle 6y agoOpenCueCat?
- brysonreece 6y agoI agree, I once took a shot at porting ZXing to the Microsoft Hololens. I was amazed that there aren't very many open source barcode interpreters available right now.
- xipho 6y agoThis is so true. It blows my mind that nothing exist beyond zxing. Barcodes are everywhere, and quick access to them is the gate-way to a million cool apps, etc.