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How to scan bar codes...

A few tips on how to read barcodes the easy way

1) Light. Lots of it. The more light, the faster the shutter speed on the camera, the less blur etc etc.

2) Reflections. If you are scanning a CD case, then make sure any direct light sources aren't being reflected in the plastic.

 

Err.. Anybody got any other tips ???

 

 

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Steady

Posted by Tony Black at Feb 06, 2009 09:03 PM
Try to hold the Google Phone steady and parallel to the barcode.
Try to get the guard bars at either end of the image.

I've been working on a webcam based barcode scanner - quite a challenge.

Barcodes

Posted by Timothy Horn at Nov 22, 2009 07:18 PM
Found a site: http://www.upcdatabase.com/
you can enter the upc code manually and it will display the barcode on the screen, have had great success scanning straight from my lcd monitor, also can do a "Random Item" which as it says will display a random barcode from it's database of over 1 million barcodes.