Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All: I have written a program to query Amazon with ISBN and get >> the book details. I would like to extend so that I can read >> ISBN from the barcode (I will take a photo of the same using >> webcam or mobile). Are there any opensource/free SDK doing the >> same? As it is a hobby project, I don't like to spend money on >> the SDK. > > Pick yourself up a cue-cat barcode reader, eg from here or ebay > > http://www.librarything.com/cuecat > > These appear as a keyboard and "type" the barcode in to your > program. > > Cheap and effective. >
The killer application for ISBN lookup on Amazon is checking prices while in the bookstore. Being able to email a photo from your phone and then getting an email with the Amazon price in response would be way easier than typing the isbn into Google or whatever. max -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
